(p. 507) durgāpūjā the worship of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); the annual festival of worshipping Durga (it comes off in autumn). 19)

(p. 505) dumbā a kind of fat sheep having a short tail. 14)

(p. 492) dādura the frog. fem. দাদুরী । 38)

(p. 507) duruccāra, duruccārya difficult to pronounce or utter, break-jaw; obscene; unspeakable. দুরচ্চার শব্দ, দুরুচ্চার্য শব্দ a word hard to pronounce or utter, (sl.) a jawbreaker. 9)

(p. 517) dēri delay. দেরি করা v. to be late; to delay. দেরি করানো v. to defer, to procrastinate, to delay; to cause to delay. দেরি হওয়া v. to be late; to be delayed. 21)

(p. 508) duścaritra characterless, having a vitiated character; wicked, vile; corrupted; perverted; depraved. n. a vitiated or wicked or corrupted or perverted or depraved character. দুশ্চরিত্রতা n. moral vitiation; wickedness, vileness; corruption; perversion; depravity. 57)

(p. 522) draupadēẏa five sons of Draupadi (দ্রৌপদী) by five Pandavas (they were প্রতিবিন্ধ্য, শ্রুতিসোম, শ্রুতিকর্মা, শতানীক and শ্রুতসেন).

(p. 517) dōktā, dōktā dried tobacco-leaf (often perfumed) for chewing. দোক্তা খাওয়া v. to take dried tobacco-leaf. 64)

(p. 492) dāgarāji repair works (of a building etc.) 16)

(p. 522) dbiṣṭa envied; maliced. 62)

(p. 499) dina1 a day (in all senses); the time of light from sunrise to sunset; twenty-four hours from one sunrise to the next; a sidereal day; (astr. & astrol.) a lunar day; daily working period or hours; a length of time, a period (দীর্ঘদিন); time of existence, duration of life (তার দিন ফুরিয়েছে); an age or a point of time (সেদিন আর নেই); time (আমার দিন কাটে না); an auspicious or favourable time (যদি দিন আসে). দিন কাটানো same as দিন যাপন করা । দিন গোনা v. (fig.) to look forward to eagerly (esp. for a long time). ̃কর n. the sun. ̃কল n. present time or times (দিনকাল বড় খারাপ). ̃ক্ষণ n. (astrol.) suitability or auspiciousness of a day for doing something. ̃ক্ষণ n. a conjunction of three lunar days in one sidereal day. ̃ক্ষেপ, ̃ক্ষেপণ same as দিনযাপন । ̃গত a. pertaining to a day; daily, diurnal. দিনগত পাপক্ষয় (lit. but rare) sacramental and other purifications prescribed for the daily life; (pop. & dero.) the routine drudgery or monotonous toil of daily life. ˜দগ্ধা n. (astrol.) an inauspicious day for doing anything. দিন দিন adv. day by day; gradually; everyday, daily. ̃দুপুরে adv. in broad daylight. ̃নাথ ̃পতি n. the sun. ̃পঞ্জি n. day-to-day record of events, a diary. ̃পঞ্জিকার n. a diarist. ̃পত্রী n. a daily journal, a diary. ̃পাত same as দিনযাপন । ̃ভর adv. all day long, throughout the day. ̃মজুর n. a day-labourer. ̃মণি n. the sun. ̃মান n. the time of light from sunrise to sunset, daytime. দিন মাইনে n. daily wage. ̃যাপন n. spending a day. দিনযাপন করা v. to spend one's days, to pass one's time, to lead a life; to spend a day. ̃রাত n. day and night. adv. at all hours of the day and night, constantly, always. ̃লিপি n. a diary. ̃শেষ n. close or end of a day, the evening. দিনাতিপাত করা v. spend days. দিনে-ডাকাতি robbery in broad daylight; (fig.) an extremely daring villainy or misdeed. দিনকে রাত করা (fig.) to exaggerate beyond recognition; to tell a downright lie. দিনে দিনে day by day, gradually. দিনেদুপুরে more pop. var. of দিনদুপুরে । দিনের আলো the light of the day, daylight. দিনের নাগাল পাওয়া to be in sight of better days. 15)

(p. 495) dāẏarā (law) sessions. দায়রা-আদালত n. a sessions-court. দায়রা-জজ n. a sessionsjudge. দায়রায় সোপর্দ করা v. to commit to sessions. 33)

(p. 522) drāghīẏasa of দ্রাঘীয়ান । 106)

(p. 507) durgata stricken with adversity or danger; poverty-stricken, indigent; distressed, afflicted; miserable, wretched. 12)

(p. 522) dbaibidhya twofoldness; duality. 74)