(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. 492) dādā an elder brother or cousin brother; (voc.) a (paternal or maternal) grandfather; (voc.) an older or senior man; (in affectionate address) a younger brother, a younger cousin (brother), a grandson, a younger or junior man. ̃বাবু n. an employer or master as respectable as one's elder brother; (dial.) an elder sister's or cousin's husband. ̃ঠাকুর n. a Brahmin (as addressed by a non-Brahmin). ̃মশায়, ̃মশাই n. a maternal (or also paternal) grandfather. ̃শ্বশুর n. a grandfather-in-law or grand-uncle-in-law. 34)

(p. 522) dyōtaka indicating, expressing; expressive or suggestive (of); signifying; inspiring; enlightening, illumining. 93)

(p. 485) daharama, daharamamaharama intimate friendship; intimacy; familiar association or relation; close familiarity. 95)

(p. 522) draḍh়iṣṭha hardest; stiffest; toughest; most firm; steadiest; very hard or stiff or tough or firm or steady. fem. দ্রঢ়িষ্ঠা । 96)

(p. 506) duramuśa a rammer for beating down earth etc.; act of beating down with a rammer; (fig. & sarcas. or hum.) a sound drubbing. দুরমুশ করা v. to beat down with a rammer; to drub soundly. 15)

(p. 507) durukti harsh or rude words; revilement, filthy language, abuse. 8)

(p. 500) dibyāstra a god's weapon; a divine weapon. 10)

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

(p. 492) dāṅgā an affray, a fracas, a riot; a row. দাঙ্গা করা v. to be engaged in an affray or fracas, to riot. ̃বাজ a. given to rioting or rowdyism; riotous or rowdy. ̃বাজি n. act or practice of making a riot; rowdyism. ̃হাঙ্গামা n. continuous riot and disturbances. 20)

(p. 492) dāḍ়imba, dāḍ়ima the pomegranate. 22)

(p. 517) dēmāka self-conceit, vanity, amourpropre; haughtiness, arrogance. দেমাক করা v. to brag, to boast, to be proud of; to give oneself airs. দেমাক দেখানো v. to express anger or haughtiness. দেমাকি a. vain, conceited; arrogant, haughty. 12)

(p. 500) dinēmāra a Dane. a. Danish. ̃জাতি n. Danes. 5)

(p. 508) dēbara a younger brother of one's husband, a brother-in-law. 133)

(p. 505) duẏāra a door, a gate. দুয়ারি n. a doorkeeper, a gateman. দুয়ারে বাঁধা হাতি (lit.) keeping or owning an elephant; (fig.) exceptionally affluent or wealthy. 15)