(p. 529) dhanādhikārī possessed of or possessing wealth. 17)

(p. 532) dhā expressing: suddenness ধাঁ করে জ্বলে ওঠা or quickness (ধাঁ করে কাজ শেষ করা) or noisy abruptness (ধাঁ করে ঝাপ ফেলা). ধাঁ করে adv. suddenly; quickly; abruptly with a noise; straightway. 62)

(p. 532) dhāuḍ়ē an errand-boy, a fast messenger. 59)

(p. 532) dharitrī the earth; the world. 14)

(p. 540) dhārā2 a stream, a flow (রক্তধারা, আলোকধারা); a current (স্রোতোধারা); a shower (বৃষ্টিধারা); a stream or shower of any liquid (জলধারা, নয়নধারা); a spring, a fountain, a waterfall, a cascade (সহস্রধারা); a system, a method, a way (কাজের ধারা); a rule or go (জগতের বা দুনিয়ার ধারা); succession, serial, order, train (চিন্তাধারা); fashion, manner (অমনধারা); (law) a clause or section (আইনের ধারা). বর্তমানের ধারা order of the day, prevailing state of things. ̃কদম্ব n. a kind of tree yielding beautiful flowers of globular shape. ̃কারে adv. in or like a stream, streamingly; profusely in numerous streams. ̃ক্রমে adv. according to system or method, systematically or methodically; according to rule; successively, serially. ̃গৃহ n. a bathroom fitted with a shower-bath. ̃ঙ্কুর n. a drop of water or rain; hail. ̃ধর n. the cloud. ̃নি n. a stream of water from above (as from a shower bath). ̃বর্ণনা n. running commentary of an event or a game. ̃বর্ষ, ̃বর্ষণ n. heavy and incessant rain or downpour. ̃বাহিক, ̃বাহী a. continuous; serial; successive. ̃বাহিকতা, ̃বাহিতা n. continuity; seriality; succession. ̃বাহিকক্রমে, ̃বাহিকভাবে adv. continuously; serially; successively. ̃বিবরণী, ̃ভাষ্য same as ধারাবর্ণনা । ̃মতো, ̃মতে adv. (law) according to a particular section or clause of an act. ̃যন্ত্র n. a fountain; a syringe; a spraying apparatus; a shower-bath, a shower. ̃শ্রাবণ n. the month of Shravan (July-August) when there are heavy showers or when it rains heavily. ̃সম্পাত, ̃সার n. heavy and incessant rain; torrential rain or downpour. 23)

(p. 540) dhāmāra an Indian musical measure or mode. 12)

(p. 545) dhōm̐ẏā smoke; fume; vapour, steam; gas; (loos.) mist, fog; (fig.) anything intangible or obscure. ধোঁয়া ওড়ানো v. (facet. or dero.) to smoke tobacco. ধোঁয়া ছাড়া v. to emit smoke; to puff tobaccosmoke. বুদ্ধির গোড়ায় ধোঁয়া দেওয়া v. to (try to) awaken one's dormant intelligence or devise plans by means of smoking tobacco. ধোঁয়াটে a. smoke-like; smoky; vapoury; (loos.) misty, foggy; (fig.) intangible; unintelligible; woolly, confused; obscure. 17)

(p. 543) dhṛta held; caught; arrested; taken; contained (in); assumed; worn; (rare) quoted. ̃ব্রত a. one who has (firmly) taken a vow; determined, resolved. ধৃত হওয়া v. to be caught; to be arrested; to be apprehended. 39)

(p. 540) dhābamāna rushing; running; flying; fleeting. 5)

(p. 532) dhāōẏā to run; to run after, to chase hotly. ধাওয়া করা same as ধাওয়া । ধাওয়ানো v. to cause to run or chase; to chase away; to give a hot chase. 61)

(p. 531) dhanēśa the lord or god of wealth; an appellation of Kuvera (কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon; a beautiful long-billed bird, the hornbill. a. very rich or wealthy, affluent, opulent. 4)

(p. 532) dhātā God; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); father. a & n. one who contains or bears or protects or creates or builds. 70)

(p. 543) dhumba, dhumbā tall and corpulent, hefty. fem. ধুম্বি । 20)

(p. 532) dhāna paddy, rice (আমন ধান); measure of weight (= nearly 1 grain). আউস ধান autumn rice. আমন ধান winter rice. বীজ ধান n. paddy-seed. ধান কাটা v. to reap or harvest paddy-crop. ধান কাঁড়া same as ধান ভানা । ধান কাড়ানো v. to plough a paddy-field in order to remove weeds. ধান ঝাড়া v. to thresh paddy. ধান দিয়ে লেখাপড়া শেখা (fig.) to spend little for one's education; (fig.) to receive indifferent or scant education. ধান নেড়ে দেওয়া v. to re-sow or transplant paddyshoots in well-arranged lines; to stir paddy when it is husked by a husking pedal. ধান বোনা v. to sow paddy-seeds. ধানভাঙা, ধানভানা v. to husk paddy. ধানভাঙা কল a husking machine. ধান ভানতে শিবের গীত (fig.) an irrelevant talk or digression (often a ludicrous one). ধান মাড়ানো v. to thresh or separate paddy (from straw by making cows walk upon it). ধান রোয়া v. to transplant paddy-shoots. কত ধানে কত চাল (fig.) actual state or correct information, knowledge of what comes out of what; (fig.) consequence. পাকা ধানে মই দেওয়া (fig.) to do (one) irreparable harm; (fig.) to blast one's hopes when they are about to be realized. ̃খেত same as ধানজমি । ̃গাছ n. a paddy-plant. ধানগাছের তক্তা (fig.) a plank of grass, an impossible thing. ̃চারা n. a paddy-shoot. ̃জমি n. a paddy-field, a paddy-land. ̃দুর্বা n. paddy-grains and grass (used as auspicious articles in blessing). 75)

(p. 540) dhāra3 an edge, a border, a brim, a brink, a brow (পথের ধার, নদীর ধার, পাহাড়ের ধার); a side or face (এধারে, ওধারে); proximity, approach, contiguity, vicinity (বাড়ির ধারে, ধারেকাছে); sharpness, edge (ছুরির ধার); keenness (বুদ্ধির ধার); intelligence or wit; debt, loan (বাজারে অনেক ধার); credit (ধারে কেনা); concern, connection (ধার ধারা). ধার করা v. to borrow; to sharpen, to whet. ধার দেওয়া v. to lend; to sharpen, to whet. ধার ধারা v. to be indebted to, to have any concern with; to care for, to pay heed to. ধার হওয়া v. to be in debt. ধারে কেনা বা বেচা v. to buy or sell on credit. ধারে কেনা-বেচা buying and selling on credit. হয় ধারে কাটা নয় ভারে কাটা (fig.) to pass or be counted highly on account of merit or prestige and position or weight and importance. ধারে ডোবা v. to be deeply involved in debt, to be over head and ears in debt. 15)