(p. 532) dharmābatāra virtue or piety or justice incarnate (used in addressing a judge, a king, a patron etc.). 28)

(p. 532) dhātu a metal; a mineral; mettle (লোকটি শক্ত ধাতুতে গড়া); temperament, disposition (শিল্পিদের ধাতুই আলাদা); (physiol.) any one of the four constituent fluids of the body, a humour; semen, sperm (ধাতুদৌর্বল্য); any one of the principal constituents of the physical world (namely, earth, water, fire, air, and atmosphere), an element; (gr.) a verbal root. অবরধাতু a base metal. বরধাতু a noble metal. ̃কল্প a. metalloid. ̃ক্ষয় n. (passive) loss of seminal fluid, seminal emission; (rare) abrasion of metal. ̃গত a. temperamental; constitutional, characteristic; seminal; (rare) metallic. ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with minerals or metals, mineral; (of a Buddhist temple) containing the remains of a holy person's corpse. ̃ঘটিত a. of or made of metal, metallic; mineral; (of medicine) having metal as a constituent; concerning semen. ̃দৌর্বল্য n. spermatorrhoea. ̃দ্রাবক n. borax. ̃নিঃস্রব n. a flowing out of molten metal, lava; a flowing out of semen. ̃পাত্র n. a metal vessel. ̃পোষক a. nourishing, nutritive. ̃বল্লভ n. borax. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. metallurgy. ̃বিদ n. metallurgist. ̃ময় a. full of or made of or impregnated with metal, metallic or mineral. ̃মল n. rust. ̃মাক্ষিক n. sulphate of iron or pyrite. ̃রূপ n. conjugation. ̃লেপন n. plating. 72)

(p. 532) dhalā (usu. dial.) white, fair, fair-complexioned. 49)

(p. 543) dhṛtāstra armed, in arms. 41)

(p. 532) dhākkā a push, a shove; a driving force or action (বাতাসের ধাক্কা); an impact, a collision (ট্রেনে ট্রেনে ধাক্কা); pressure or attack (কাজের ধাক্কা, রোগের ধাক্কা); a shock (মনে ধাক্কা লাগা). ধাক্কা খাওয়া v. to be shocked; to be pushed or shoved; to get or receive a jolt; to be driven on; to collide or dash against; to be impeded or hindered usu. suddenly, to get a setback (তার ব্যাবসা ধাক্কা খেয়েছে). ধাক্কা দেওয়া v. to give a push, to push, to shove; to collide or dash against; to shock; to impede or hinder usu. suddenly, to check progress of. ধাক্কা লাগা v. to have a collision; to dash or collide against; to be shoved or pushed, to be shocked; to get a set-back. ̃ধাক্কি n. mutual or continuous pushing or shoving or elbowing. ধাক্কানো v. to push, to shove; to elbow. 65)

(p. 545) dhbānta darkness, gloom. ধ্বান্তারি n. the sun (esp. when personified), (cp.) Sol. 39)

(p. 531) dhanē coriander seed, coriander. 3)

(p. 532) dhāppā a bluff, a hoax. ধাপ্পা দেওয়া v. to bluff, to hoax. ̃বাজ a. (given to) bluffing or hoaxing. n. a bluffer or a hoaxer. ̃বাজি n. practice of bluffing or hoaxing. ধাপ্পাবাজি করা v. to practise bluffing or hoaxing; to bluff or hoax. 88)

(p. 543) dhulaṭa a spell or act of wallowing in the dust in ecstasy caused by singing devotional song, post-hymnic ecstatic wallowing in the dust. 24)

(p. 545) dhrubāṅka (alg.) a constant quantity, a constant.

(p. 543) dhūma smoke, fume, vapour, steam, gas; (loos.) mist, fog. ̃কুন্ডলী n. a ring or coil of smoke. ̃কেতু n. a comet. ̃নালী, ̃পথ n. a pipe or conduit for the escape of smoke, fume, vapour etc, a chimney; a fumarole. ̃নির্গম, ̃নির্গমন n. escape of smoke, vapour, gas etc. ̃পান n. smoking (cigars, cigarettes etc.). ধূমপান করা v. to smoke (cigarettes etc.). ̃পায়ী a. addicted to smoking. n. a smoker. ̃বিহীন a. same as ধূমহীন । ̃ময় a. full of or made of smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc.; smoky, fumy, vapoury, gaseous; (loos.) misty, foggy. ধূমল n. the colour of smoke, the dark purple colour. a. smoke-coloured, dark purple. ̃হীন a. smokeless, free from vapour or smoke. ̃হীনতা n. smokelessness. 28)

(p. 543) dhurandhara bearing the yoke; very expert or efficient or adroit; leading, chief. n. such a person. 21)

(p. 532) dhābaka one who runs or flies; one who cleanses or washes; used in cleaning or washing (ধাবক পদার্থ); carrying a message or letter. n. a washerman; a runner; a flier; a courier, a postal runner, a messenger.

(p. 532) dhā2 meaning: ways, means etc. fold (শতধা, বহুধা). 56)

(p. 545) dhēnu a cow that has recently calved; a milch cow. ̃পাল n. a herd of cows. 8)