(p. 439) ḍhāla1 a shield; a buckler. 6)

(p. 440) ḍhēn̐ḍ়ā, ḍhēn̐ḍ়i1 a drum, a tympan (ঢেঁড়া পেটা); a proclamation by drum-beat (ঢেঁড়া দেওয়া). 12)

(p. 438) ḍhalatā extra quantity of any commodity added to the accurately weighed amount (perhaps to ensure customersatisfaction). 14)

(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. 440) ḍhēri a heap, a pile, a stack. ঢেরি করা v. to heap, to pile. 18)

(p. 438) ḍhaka1 shape, form, cut; pattern; style (কথা বলার ঢক). 4)

(p. 440) ḍhula an instance or act of nodding or stooping in drowsiness or intoxication; drowsy stupor, drowsiness (চোখে ঢুল নামা). ঢুলঢুলে, ঢুলুঢুল, ঢুলুঢুলু a. heavy with drowsiness or intoxication (ঢুলঢুলে চোখ); smitten with passion ('সুখে আঁখি ঢুলুঢুলু'). ঢুলনি, ঢুলুনি same as ঢুলু । 5)

(p. 440) ḍhyāṅā lanky.

(p. 440) ḍhēn̐ki a kind of husking pedal operated in a seesaw manner. ঢেঁকির আঁকশলি the fulcrum of a husking pedal. ̃কল n. a seesaw. ̃শাক n. an edible fern. ̃শাল, ̃শালা n. a room (usu. a cutcha one) where the husking pedal is fixed. ঢেঁকি স্বর্গে গেলেও ধান ভানে (fig.) an expert worker has to work even in heaven; a drudge will drudge even in heaven. 10)

(p. 438) ḍhalaḍhala expressing: excessive looseness (জামাটা ঢলঢল করছে); loveliness (মুখ খানা ঢলঢল করছে); wideness or largeness (আঁখি ঢলঢল); engrossed or rapt state (ভাবে ঢলঢল); a. large or wide and expressive (ঢলঢল আখি); full of beauty or charm. ('ঢলঢল কাঁচা অঙ্গের লাবনি'). ঢলঢলে a. very loose-fitting (ঢলঢলে জামা); full of loveliness (ঢলঢলে মুখ). 13)

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

(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)

(p. 439) ḍhāla2 a slope, a declivity, a descent. cp. ঢল । 7)

(p. 440) ḍhusānō to butt (as by a goat). ঢুসাঢুসি n. act of butting one another; a crowded state in which heads knock against one another. coll. ঢুসোঢুসি । 8)

(p. 440) ḍhērā a cross-mark; a bobbin. ̃সই n. a cross-mark put instead of signature by an illiterate person. 17)