(p. 438) ḍh the fourteenth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 438) ḍhāka1 a drum. ঢাক পেটা, ঢাক বাজানো v. to beat a drum; (fig.) to make public or announce publicly. ঢাকের কাঠি a drumstick; (fig.) an instigator. ঢাকের বাঁয়া useless appurtenances or paraphernalia; something merely decorative. ঢাকের বাদ্যি drum-beat. ঢাকের দায়ে মনসা বিকানো (fig.) to run insolvent in attempting to keep up appearances, to sell one's homestead to grease one's car. 18)

(p. 438) ḍhapa1 shape, form, cut, fashion; a kind of song attended with slow dance current in Bengal. 8)

(p. 440) ḍhyāṅā lanky.

(p. 439) ḍhālā to pour (দুধ ঢালা); to cast, to mould (ছাঁচে ঢালা); to invest or spend esp. lavishly (ব্যাবসাতে টাকা ঢালা, ছেলের পড়াশোনার পিছনে টাকা ঢালা); to confer (স্নেহ ঢালা); to cause to flow out (দেশের জন্য রক্ত ঢালা). a. that which is poured (ঢালা জল); cast, moulded; extensively outspread, large, spacious (ঢালা বিছানা, ঢালা ফরাশ); lavishly distributed (ঢালা খাবার); permanent, standing (ঢালা হুকুম). ঢালাই n. act of casting or moulding. a. moulded, cast (ঢালাই লোহা). ঢালাই করা v. to mould, to cast. ঢালাইকর n. a caster. ঢালাই-কারখানা n. an ironfoundry; a foundry. 8)

(p. 438) ḍhalā to incline forwards or backwards or sideways; to go down (সূর্য পশ্চিমে ঢলেছে); to incline towards, to dote on (ছেলের দিকে ঢলা). ̃ঢলি n. scandalous behaviour (esp. in love); objectionable familiarity or mixing; a scandalous affair. ঢলানে a. given to scandalous behaviour. fem. ঢলানি । ঢলানো v. to cause to incline; to behave scandalously. ঢলে পড়া v. to droop, to collapse (from loss of muscular strength etc.). 15)

(p. 438) ḍhākaḍhāka, ḍhākaḍhāka-guḍ়guḍ় an attempt to conceal or hush up; hush-hush state. 19)

(p. 438) ḍhana expressing: a metallic sound as of a bell ringing or an empty vessel sounding. ̃ঢন int. expressing: repetition of this sound, ding-dong; absolute emptiness (হাড়িঁ ঢনঢন, পকেট ঢনঢন). ̃ঢনে a. empty. 7)

(p. 439) ḍhiḍhi (usu. of disrepute, censure, scandal) loud noise or discussion, extensive publicity and reproach (ঢিঢি পরে গেছে). a. (usu. dero.) given extensive public reproach (ঢিঢিরব). ̃কার, ̃ক্কার, ̃রব n. extensive public censure and hooting; loud noise (of anything). 13)

(p. 440) ḍhōn̐ḍ়ā2 a non-venomous water-snake; (sarcas.) a person without personality and power. 21)

(p. 440) ḍhēn̐ḍ়i2 a kind of earring; a poppy-seed; a poppy pod or seed-vessel. 13)

(p. 440) ḍhōla a tom-tom. ঢোল দেওয়া v. to announce or circulate by beating a tomtom. ঢোল পেটা v. (dero.) to beat a tomtom; (dero.) to make a loud noise (কথা বলছে যেন ঢোল পিটছে); to announce or circulate by beating a tom-tom; (usu. dero.) to make public. ঢোল হওয়া v. to be swollen in the shape as of a tomtom. নিজের ঢোল নিজে পেটা to beat one's own trumpet, to advertise oneself. ঢোলক n. a small variety of tom-tom. ̃শোহরত n. announcement or circulation by beating a tom-tom. 24)

(p. 439) ḍhākāi made or manufactured at Dacca (a district of Bangladesh). 3)

(p. 440) ḍhēmanā lewd, libertine, profligate; a species of non-poisonous snake. 16)

(p. 439) ḍhākā to cover; to veil; to screen; to envelop; to overcast (মেঘে ঢাকা); to conceal, to hide; to hush up; (usu. dero.) to countenance or to connive at. n. a lid; a cover; a veil; (usu. dero.) connivance. a. covered; veiled; screened; enveloped; overcast. 2)