(p. 438) ḍhāusa very large or big, enormous, monstrous, huge. 16)

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

(p. 438) ḍha1 affected or conquettish bearing or pose; dissimulation; affectation; shape, form, cut, fashion, style, manner. ঢঙি a. fem. given to affectation; conquettish; dissimulating. n. such a woman, a poseuse. 3)

(p. 439) ḍhāmāli pleasantries, drolleries, jokes. 5)

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

(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. 438) ḍhākani a cover, a lid.

(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. 440) ḍhulānō (obs.) to wave (টামর ঢুলানো); to rock or dangle (মা শিশুকে ঢুলাছে). 7)

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

(p. 438) ḍhakkā a large drum. ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নিনাদ n. the sound of such a drum. 6)

(p. 438) ḍhām̐i a species of large fish without scale, (cp.) the trout. 17)

(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. 439) ḍhālu sloping or slanting downwards, declining. 12)