(p. 532) dharmābalambana practising a religion; adoption of a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বন করা v. to practise or follow a religion or creed; to adopt a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বী a. following or practising a religion. fem. ধর্মাবলম্বিনী । 29)

(p. 545) dhbani sound; noise; report; note, tone; voice; (rhet.) a suggestion. ̃কাব্য n. (rhet.) poetry that suggests a meaning beyond the stated meaning. ধ্বনিত a. sounded; rung or played; voiced; in the process of being sounded or rung or played or voiced; (rhet.) suggested. ধ্বনিত করা v. to sound; to ring; to play; to voice. ̃তত্ত্ব n. phonetics; phonology. ̃পরিবর্তন n. change of sound, sound change. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. phonetics; phonology; the science of sound. ̃বৃত্তি n. (rhet.) onomatopoeia. ̃ভোট n. a vote of voice. ̃মাধুর্য n. sweetness of sound. ̃রেখা n. the mark of sound-wave; sound-line; line of vibration. 36)

(p. 540) dhāraẏiṣṇu one who or that which holds or bears or carries or wears. 21)

(p. 542) dhun̐kā to pant or gasp for breath; to palpitate, to throb (প্রাণ ধুঁকছে). 14)

(p. 545) dhōsā2 a thin chapati-like South Indian food. 24)

(p. 542) dhīrā of ধীর । n. fem. (rhet.) a type of heroine whose anger is never exhibited. ̃ধীরা n. fem. (rhet.) a type of heroine whose anger or resentment is partially exhibited. 10)

(p. 531) dhapādhapa expressing: a succession of thudding or thumping noise as of heavy bodies falling one after another. ধপাধপ করে with thuds. 12)

(p. 540) -dhāra1 (used as a sfx.) holding or gripping (কর্ণধার). 13)

(p. 532) dhalā (usu. dial.) white, fair, fair-complexioned. 49)

(p. 545) dhaibata (mus.) the sixth note of the gamut. 12)

(p. 543) dhupachāẏā a mixture of blue and light violet, peacock-blue; (loos.) light-and-shade colour; (loos.) chiaroscuro. a. peacock-blue; (loos.) light-and-shade; (loos.) chiaroscuro. 15)

(p. 532) dharatā (comm.) an extra amount given by the seller to the buyer to guard against any possible shortage during weighing; a word or words sung by the leading singer used as a cue for an associate singer or singers of a chorus song. 4)

(p. 545) dhbajā a flag, a banner, a standard, an ensign; (sarcas. & dero.) simulacrum; a pretender (বিদ্যার ধ্বজা); (bot.) a vexillum. ̃ধারী a. bearing a standard; (sarcas.) one who keeps a tuft of hair uncut on one's crown as a mark of one's holiness or piety; (sarcas.) hypocritically upholding or defending (ধর্মের ধ্বজাধারী). 33)

(p. 543) dhuni2, dhunī (chiefly used as a sfx.) a river সুরধুনী. 10)

(p. 532) dharmī (chiefly used as a sfx.) having a particular property or quality (ক্ষারধর্মী, হাঁ-ধর্মী); (rare) pious, virtuous. 36)