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

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

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

(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. 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) ḍhapa ḍhapa, ḍhaba ḍhaba expressing: repeated and quick thudding noise; the dull noise of repeatedly striking a soft and empty swelling or a flatulent belly. 10)

(p. 439) ḍhālī a shield-bearer; a soldier bearing a shield or buckler. 11)

(p. 440) ḍhōn̐ḍ়na act of searching or traversing. 20)

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

(p. 438) ḍhaka2 expressing: the noise of swallowing or gulping any liquid; the noise of heavy movement of any liquid within a container. ̃ঢক int. expressing : repetition of these noises; the noise of swallowing or gulping repeatedly and quickly (ঢকঢক করে জল খাওয়া). 5)

(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. 439) ḍhilāmi, (kathya) ḍhilēmi slackness, sluggishness, lack of enthusiasm or spiritedness.

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