(p. 434) ḍāṇḍi a kind of roofed litter used in carrying passengers along mountainpaths. 9)

(p. 434) ḍāṅā land; upland; high and dry land (ডাঙা জমি); coast, shore, bank (জল থেকে ডাঙায় ওঠা); a habitual place of production or birth or multiplication (ফরাসডাঙা, নারকেলডাঙা); an abode (কালিডাঙা). ̃পথ n. overland route. ডাঙায় বাঘ জলে কুমির (fig.) between Scylla and Charybdis, between the horns of a dilemma, between the devil and the deep sea. 5)

(p. 435) ḍigri a degree signifying: unit of measurement for angles; unit of measurement for temperature; academic title given by a university; one of the three forms of comparison of an adjective or adverb. 6)

(p. 433) ḍān̐ṭi a small handle; a small haft; a small pestle. 2)

(p. 433) ḍāka6 an established system of conveying letters, post (ডাক বিভাগ); a batch of letters, mail, dak (বিলাতের ডাক). in comp. postal, post-mail (ডাকবাক্স, ডাকগা়ড়ি). ডাকে adv. by post. ̃খরচা n. postal charge, postage. ডাকের ঘোড়া a horse employed to carry mails. ডাকের থলি a mailbag. ̃খানা, ̃ঘর n. a post-office. ̃গাড়ি n. a mailcoach; a mail van; a mail train. ̃টিকিট n. a postal stamp. ̃পিওন, ̃পিয়ন n. a postman (fem. a postwoman). ̃বাংলা, ̃বাংলো n. a house for travellers, a dak bungalow. ̃বাক্স n. a pillar-box, a letter-box. ̃বিভাগ n. the postal department. ̃মাশুল n. postage. ̃হরকরা n. a postman; a mail-runner. ̃যোগে adv. by post. ফেরত ডাক next return mail. ফেরত ডাকে by return of post, by return mail. 11)

(p. 436) ḍērā a temporary abode, a modest lodging; a hutment, tented accommodation. ডেরা গাড়া, ডেরা বাঁধা v. to come to lodge or to commence to lodge, to take up one's lodging; to build a temporary hut, to pitch a tent. ডেরা তোলা v. to cease to lodge, to remove from a lodging; to demolish one's hutment; to strike the tent. ̃ডাণ্ডা n. a lodging and furniture; a tent and its equipage or accessories. 23)

(p. 436) ḍēkaci a metallic cooking pail, a dixie. 17)

(p. 435) ḍāhuka the gallinule; the waterfowl. 2)

(p. 435) ḍima an egg (of ducks, hens, geese, birds, snakes, ants etc.); spawn (of fish); the calf of the leg. ডিম ছাড়া v. to lay an egg; to spawn. ডিম পাড়া v. to lay an egg. ডিম ফোটানো, ডিমে তা দেওয়া v. to hatch. ডিমের কুসুম yolk. ডিমের খোলা an eggshell. ডিমের শ্বেতাংশ the white of an egg, glair. ঘোড়ার ডিম (fig.) an absurd or fantastic thing, a mare's nest. ডিম-ডিম a. globular, granular. 13)

(p. 434) ḍānā a wing (as of birds); a fin (as of fish). ডানাকাটা পরি a woman or girl as beautiful as a fairy. ডানা গজানো v. (fig. usu. iron.) to begin to be precociously independent; to grow up enough to act independently. 7)

(p. 433) ḍākinī a female goblin attending upon Shiva (শিব) or Durga (দুর্গা); a witch.

(p. 436) ḍurē with horizontal stripes, striped (ডুরে শাড়ি). 9)

(p. 432) ḍamaru a kind of small tabour shaped like an hour-glass and played by shaking it with one hand. ̃মধ্য a. having a waist as slender as the middle of the aforesaid tabour. 14)

(p. 435) ḍigabāji a tumble, a somersault, a vault. ডিগবাজি খাওয়া, ডিগবাজি দেওয়া v. to tumble, to somersault, to vault. 5)

(p. 433) ḍān̐ṭō hard, difficult; unripe or incompletely ripened (ডাঁটো ফল); (chiefly of aged persons) still strong or robust or able-bodied (ডাঁটো লোক); incompletely boiled, parboiled (ডাঁটো ভাত). 3)