(p. 508) dulāla a darling, a dear, a minion; a darling child who is brought up with much affection and often spoilt by over-indulgence. fem. দুলালি । 51)

(p. 500) dillikā lāḍḍu (lit.) a ball-shaped sweetmeat manufactured in Delhi; (fig. & pop.) a thing that causes dejection when not obtained and causes repentance or regret when obtained, (cp.) Hobson's choice. 15)

(p. 517) dōkāna a shop; goods for sale, merchandise (মেলায় দোকান সাজানো). দোকান করাv. to visit shops for the purpose of buying, to shop; to set up a shop, to start or open a shop; to keep or run a shop; to open a shop for the day's work. দোকান খোলা v. to set up a shop, to start or open a shop; to open a shop for the day's work. দোকান তোলা v. to close a shop for the day; to close down or wind up a shop, to shut up a shop. দোকান দেওয়া v. to set up or open a shop; to arrange goods for sale (as in a fair). দোকান বন্ধ করা same as দোকান তোলা । দোকান সাজানো v. to furnish a shop, to display goods for sale. দোকান-কর্মচারী n. a shop-man. ̃দার n. a shopkeeper. ̃দারি n. shopkeeping; bargaining; business-dealing; bargain-hunting, shoppiness; shoppy or selfish behaviour. দোকানদারি করা v. to keep or run a shop; (fig.) to try to clinch a bargain. দোকানদারি কথাবার্তা shoppy talk. দোকানদারি কথাবার্তা বলা to talk shop. ̃পাট n. a shop and its commodities. দোকান-হাট করা v. to visit shops and markets for the purpose of buying. 62)

(p. 517) dōlanā a rocking cradle, a swing.

(p. 507) durgā Goddess Durga also called Shakti (শক্তি) or Force; the wife of Shiva (শিব)—she is the chief of female deities and a slayer of demons, and she presides over prosperity, victory, and fame of mankind. 17)

(p. 492) dāna2 act of giving; act of giving away; bestowal; award; charitable giving or distribution (অন্নদান); act of giving in marriage (কন্যাদান); offering, sacrifice, dedication (পরার্থে জীবনদান); contribution; a gift or a charitable gift (মহামূল্য দান); an offering, a sacrifice; a donation; a throw or cast (at dice. etc.); a turn (for doing something). দান করা v. to give; to give away; to give or distribute in charity; to donate, to contribute; to bestow; to confer; to award; to give in marriage; to offer, to sacrifice; to dedicate. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. practice of charity; act or instance of charity. ̃কাতর, ̃কুন্ঠ a. slow or unwilling to give, not charitable; miserly, parsimonious, stingy, close-fisted, niggardly. ̃খয়রাত n. bounty, charity; charitable deeds; act or practice of charity. ̃ধর্ম n. the virtue of charity. ̃ধ্যান n. charity and religious meditation. ̃পত্র n. a deed of gift. ̃বীর a. & n. one who is extremely (lit. heroically) bountiful. ˜যোগ্য a. worthy of being given. ̃শীল a. bountiful, munificent, charitable, generous. ̃শীলতা n. bounty, munificence, charity; generosity. ̃শৌন্ড same as দানবীর । ̃সজ্জা n. (in a wedding) display of gifts given to the bride and the bridegroom. ̃সত্র n. an almshouse; a charitable institution. ̃সাগর n. sixteen sets of gifts given in a sraddha (শ্রাদ্ধ) ceremony. ̃সামগ্রী n. an article of gift (esp. one given to the bride or bridegroom at a wedding). যেমন দান তেমনি দক্ষিণা (fig.) a niggardly master will have a lazy servant. 40)

(p. 508) dēdīpyamāna very brightly flaming or blazing; brilliantly shining; effulgent. 126)

(p. 508) durbipāka a disaster; a danger, a hazard; a difficulty, a trouble. 21)

(p. 522) dōhaśālā a dairy farm, a dairy. 24)

(p. 500) duḥkhī stricken with sorrow or misery; woe-stricken, afflicted, distressed, miserable, suffering; sad; poor; destitute. fem. দুঃখিনী । দুঃখের দুঃখী a sympathizer. 56)

(p. 508) dēḍ় one and a half (of). ̃গুণ a. one and a half times (of). 122)

(p. 522) dōṣā to blame, to put blame on, to accuse, to impute fault to. 9)

(p. 497) dāsya state of being a servant; servitude; servility; act of considering oneself as the servant of one's god. ̃বৃত্তি n. servitude; servility; service. 12)

(p. 485) daridra poor, penurious, indigent; lacking, deficient; wretched. fem. দরিদ্রা । ̃তা n. poverty, penury; indigence; lack, deficiency; wretchedness. ̃নারায়ণ n. the poor conceived as God personified; the beggar class. ̃নিবাস n. a poorhouse; a workhouse. 43)

(p. 485) dara2 price; rate; a price quoted, a quotation; value, worth. দর করা v. to bargain; to haggle or higgle, to chaffer. দর দেওয়া v. to quote (a price). দরে বনা v. to agree about terms. 19)