(p. 508) duścēṣṭā an attempt to accomplish an impossible task; a desperate attempt; an impossible or futile or unjustifiable attempt. দুশ্চেষ্টিত a. attempting to accomplish an impossible task; attempting desperately; making an impossible or futile or unjustifiable attempt. 59)

(p. 517) dēbī a goddess; a female deity; Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) or Chandi (চণ্ডী); (in respectful addresses and mention) a lady (মাতৃদেবী, সারদাদেবী). ̃পক্ষ n. the light fortnight of the Durga worship. ̃পুরাণ n. an ancient holy book narrating the glory of Goddess Chandi (চণ্ডী). ̃মাহাত্ম্য n. a portion of a holy book, written by Markandeya (মার্কণ্ডেয়) the sage singing of the glory of Goddess Chandi (চণ্ডী). 3)

(p. 500) duḥshita distressed, afflicted, woebegone; (phys.) instability; unstable equilibrium. 66)

(p. 485) dalīẏa relating to a party or community. দলীয় কোঁদল n. inner-party squabble, inner-party quarrel. দলীয় প্রতীক n. party symbol. 70)

(p. 508) dṛḍh়ībhūta that which has become strong, or stronger, strengthened; that which has become firm or more firm; that which has become tight or taut, tightened or tautened; confirmed; firmly established; congealed. 98)

(p. 517) dēhāta a village, countryside. 34)

(p. 485) dalana act of pressing or kneading; (loos.) act of trampling under foot, act of treading over; chastisement, repression, subdual, coercion, quelling. a. one who chastises or represses or subdues or coerces or quells. দলনী a. fem. of দলন (a.). দলন করা v. to press or knead; (loos.) to trample underfoot, to tread over; to chastise, to repress, to subdue, to coerce, to quell. দলনীয় a. to be trampled or crushed under foot; to be subdued. 63)

(p. 497) dāsēẏa born of a slave-girl (usu. by her master). n. a son of a slave-girl and (usu.) her master. 10)

(p. 522) drōṇi, drōṇī a small (and usu. improvised) boat; a dugout, a raft; a vessel for baling out water, a bail, a bale; a pitcher; a bucket; a trough; a valley (esp. a narrow one); a gorge. 114)

(p. 495) dāẏāda a claimant to an inheritance; an heir; a son; a sharer of one's patrimony; a kinsman. দায়াদি n. fem. a female claimant to inheritance; an heiress; a daughter; a female sharer of one's patrimony; a kinswoman. a. (in all genders) inherited, obtained by inheritance. 34)

(p. 505) dundubhi a large war-trumpet or kettledrum of ancient India. 9)

(p. 500) dīkṣita initiated; converted (মুসলমানধর্মে দীক্ষিত); baptized (খ্রিস্টধর্মে দীক্ষিত); indoctrinated (বদমাশিতে দীক্ষিত). দীক্ষিত করা v. to initiate; to convert; to baptize; to indoctrinate. 22)

(p. 497) dālāla a broker, a cambist; an agent; a commission agent; a go-between; a tout; (sarcas.) a supporter or helper (ধনতন্ত্রের দালাল). দালালি n. brokerage, an agent's commission; brokery, commission agency; the act of business of a go-between or a tout. 6)

(p. 517) dēśi indigenous. n. a musical mode. দেশি কাপড় a variety of loincloth produced by the weavers of Bengal on handlooms; cloth manufactured in India (as opp. to বিলাতি). দেশি কুম়ড়ো see কুমড়ো । দেশি জিনিস, দেশি পন্য a home product; indigenous goods. 27)

(p. 522) dbīpāntara another island; a different island; banishment of offenders beyond the seas, deportation, transportation, exilement, exile. দ্বীপান্তর হওয়া v. to be deported or transported or exiled. দ্বীপান্তরিত a. deported, transported, exiled. দ্বীপান্তরিত করা, দ্বীপান্তরে পাঠানো বা দেওয়া v. to deport, to transport, to exile. 64)