(p. 543) dhūrta sly; wily; knavish; deceitful. n. a trickster; a gamester; a knave; a cheat. ̃তা, ধূর্তামি n. slyness; wiliness; knavery; deception, deceit. 37)

(p. 532) dharatā (comm.) an extra amount given by the seller to the buyer to guard against any possible shortage during weighing; a word or words sung by the leading singer used as a cue for an associate singer or singers of a chorus song. 4)

(p. 532) dhasa1 expressing a falling sound as of a landslip. 50)

(p. 543) dhūmadgama discharge or emission of smoke, fume, gas etc. 33)

(p. 532) dharā1 the earth, the world. ̃তল n. the surface or floor of the earth; the ground (মূর্ছিত হয়ে ধরাতলে পতন). ̃ধর n. a mountain. ̃ধাম n. earthly abode; the earth as an abode; the earth, the world. ̃পতি n. a king. ̃পৃষ্ঠ same as ধরাতল । ̃ভৃত্ n. a mountain. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. the ground or the floor of the earth as bed, the bed of the earth or ground. ̃শায়ী a. lying prostrate on the ground; floored, knocked down. 10)

(p. 532) dhāṅara a sweeper (by caste or trade). 66)

(p. 545) dhēidhēi the style or cue-words of the 'tandab' (তান্ডব) dance, the dance of extensive annihilation; a wild dance or movement. 4)

(p. 542) dhiṅgi wayward, self-willed, undisciplined, unruly, romping, unmannerly, immodest. ধিঙ্গি মেয়ে a wayward or somewhat wild or romping or unmannerly or immodest girl; a tomboy. 5)

(p. 529) dhakala stress, brunt, impact; pressure of work, hard labour, strain (রোগা শরীরে এত ধকল সইবে না); manhandling or wear and tear (ঘুরিটা খুব ধকল সয়েছে); disturbing or troublesome charge (ছেলেপিলেদের ধকল). 4)

(p. 543) dhunā1 resin; incense. 6)

(p. 532) dhāna paddy, rice (আমন ধান); measure of weight (= nearly 1 grain). আউস ধান autumn rice. আমন ধান winter rice. বীজ ধান n. paddy-seed. ধান কাটা v. to reap or harvest paddy-crop. ধান কাঁড়া same as ধান ভানা । ধান কাড়ানো v. to plough a paddy-field in order to remove weeds. ধান ঝাড়া v. to thresh paddy. ধান দিয়ে লেখাপড়া শেখা (fig.) to spend little for one's education; (fig.) to receive indifferent or scant education. ধান নেড়ে দেওয়া v. to re-sow or transplant paddyshoots in well-arranged lines; to stir paddy when it is husked by a husking pedal. ধান বোনা v. to sow paddy-seeds. ধানভাঙা, ধানভানা v. to husk paddy. ধানভাঙা কল a husking machine. ধান ভানতে শিবের গীত (fig.) an irrelevant talk or digression (often a ludicrous one). ধান মাড়ানো v. to thresh or separate paddy (from straw by making cows walk upon it). ধান রোয়া v. to transplant paddy-shoots. কত ধানে কত চাল (fig.) actual state or correct information, knowledge of what comes out of what; (fig.) consequence. পাকা ধানে মই দেওয়া (fig.) to do (one) irreparable harm; (fig.) to blast one's hopes when they are about to be realized. ̃খেত same as ধানজমি । ̃গাছ n. a paddy-plant. ধানগাছের তক্তা (fig.) a plank of grass, an impossible thing. ̃চারা n. a paddy-shoot. ̃জমি n. a paddy-field, a paddy-land. ̃দুর্বা n. paddy-grains and grass (used as auspicious articles in blessing). 75)

(p. 529) dhanāśā desire for wealth, longing or craving for wealth. 23)

(p. 542) dhī intellect; intelligence; cognition; comprehension; knowledge; wisdom; talent; aptitude. ̃মান a. intelligent; capable of comprehending, capable of quick appreciation; talented; having aptitude; wise. fem. ̃মতী । ̃শক্তি same as ধী । ̃শক্তিসম্পন্ন same as ধীমান । 7)

(p. 531) dhapa dhapa expressing: brilliant whiteness or tidiness. ধপ ধপ করা v. to appear brilliantly white or tidy. ধপধপে a. brilliantly white (ধপধপে কাপড়); luminous (ধপধপে জোছনা); immaculately tidy (ধপধপে উঠোন); brilliant or dazzling (ধপধপে সাদা). 11)

(p. 540) dhāmāra an Indian musical measure or mode. 12)