(p. 508) durbhikṣa (lit. & obs.) a time when alms is scarce; (pop.) (a time of) scarcity, famine; extreme want or shortage. ̃পীড়িত a. famine-stricken. 33)

(p. 522) dau়ḍ় act of running, a run; a spurt; a race; act of fleeing, flight (চোরটা দৌড় মারল); (sarcas.) extent, limit (বিদ্যার দৌড়); (sarcas.) ability or strength (ওর দৌড় কত দেখছি). এক দৌড়ে at a hasty run. দৌড় করানো v. to cause to run or race, to run, to race, to rush; to harass by causing to move about repeatedly or constantly. দৌড় দেওয়া, দৌড় মারা v. to start running; bolt; to spurt; to run off, to take to one's heels. ̃ঝাঁপ, ̃ধাপ n. act of romping, a romp; boisterous and hard effort attended with repeated or constant hurried movements. ̃বাজ n. a runner; a racer; one who is proficient in running (esp. races). 29)

(p. 485) daśērā a feast (held by non-Bengalis) on the day of immersion of the image of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 82)

(p. 500) dīpikā moonlight; a lamp; a glossary or commentary (of a text). a. fem. of দীপক । 35)

(p. 480) daṃśala (obs. & poet.) bit or stung. 9)

(p. 506) duranta unmanageably restless or naughty (দুরন্ত শিশু); romping and mischievous; terrible, awful (দুরন্ত ক্রোধ); not easily subdued, very powerful and ferocious (দুরন্ত শত্রু); extremely galling and hard to cure (দুরন্ত ব্যাধি); intolerably hot (দুরন্ত রোদ্দুর); severe (দুরন্ত শীত); very strong (দুরন্ত ঝড়); very steep, difficult to go through or across (দুরন্ত পথ); very restless or billowy (দুরন্ত সমুদ্র). ̃পনা n. restlessness that is difficult to control; romping and mischievous conduct or behaviour; uncontrollable naughtiness. 8)

(p. 508) dēōẏānō to cause to give or confer or bestow or award or distribute or provide or impart or sprinkle or add or administer or ascribe or impute or render or extend or pay or repay or furnish or put or place or set up or build or construct or put on or offer or dedicate or yield or produce or deal or inflict or employ or apply or shut or bolt or fasten or accomplish or execute or entrust or write or paint or sew or stitch or affix or put in or cast or send or intimate or inform or grant or sanction or permit or sow or scatter or thrust into or pierce or rub or keep or strike or set or impose upon or take to or pronounce or pass or impose or lend or sharpen or whet or serve or supply or complete. 112)

(p. 522) dōṣaikadarśī, dōṣaikadṛk given only to counting demerits; cynical. 17)

(p. 500) dīpanīẏa that which is to be illuminated or excited; illuminable; excitable. 29)

(p. 495) dābaḍ়āni, dābaḍ়i act of bullying; rebuke; threat; snub; act of chasing. 8)

(p. 507) durgasha staying within a fort. 16)

(p. 481) daṇḍī armed with or bearing a staff; sceptred. n. a king; an ascetic; Yama (যম) the god of death and punisher of sinners. 31)

(p. 485) damasama suffocation or spasm caused by surfeit. 7)

(p. 484) dama1 rule, control, control or repression of senses, continence (শমদম). 11)

(p. 497) dāsa a servant, an attendant; a slave (দাসব্যবসায়); a fisherman by caste (দাসজাতি); a Shudra (শূদ্র); a nonAryan; a victim or a minion (অবস্হার দাস); a humble man or a dependant (হুজুর দাসের প্রতি দয়া করুন) fem দাসী । ̃খত n. a written bond of slavery. ̃ত্ব n. servitude; slavery; state of being a victim, bondage, dependence. দাসত্ব করা v. to be slave of, to serve as a slave. ̃ত্ব প্রথা n. the institution of ownership of slaves, slavery. দাসত্ববন্ধন, দাসত্বশৃঙ্খলা n. the bonds of slavery. দাসত্বশৃঙ্খল মোচন n. emancipation or freedom from bondage. দাসত্ববৃত্তি n. slavery. দাসত্বে আবদ্ধ enslaved, in bondage. ̃দাসী n. pl. servants male and female, man-servants and maid-servants. ̃প্রথা same as দাসত্বপ্রথা । ̃ব্যবসায় n. slave-trade. ̃মনোবৃত্তি, ̃মনোভাব n. slave mentality; servility. দাসানুদাস n. a slave of one's slave, a very humble servant or dependant. দাসীপুত্র n. one's son born of his maid-servant; an illegitimate son. দাসীবৃত্তি, দাসীত্ব n. profession of or service as a maid or maid-servant. 9)