ধান : (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. 540) dhārmika pious, righteous, virtuous, godly; religious-minded. fem. (rare) ধার্মিকী, (loos. but pop.) ধার্মিকা । ̃তা n. piety, righteousness, virtuousness, godliness; religiosity. 31)

(p. 540) dhāraṇa act of holding or catching; act of assuming (মূর্তিধারণ, নামাধারণ); act of putting on or wearing (বেশধারণ); act of bearing (শিরে পৃথিবী ধারণ); act of carrying, carriage (গর্ভে ধারণ); act of carrying in the womb (সন্তানধারণ); act of placing (মাথায় প্রসাদ ধারণ); act of retaining in mind, remembrance (উপদেশধারণ); acceptance; retention or restraint (মলমূত্রের বেগ ধারণ). ধারণ করা v. to hold, to catch; to assume; to wear, to put on; to bear; to carry; to carry in the womb; to place or put; to retain in the mind, to remember; to accept; to retain or restrain. ̃কারী same as ধারয়িতা । 17)

(p. 545) dhēẏa worth holding or taking; acceptable, knowable, cognizable. 10)

(p. 529) dhanāgāra a treasury; a (public) fund. 14)

(p. 542) dhikkṛta, dhikkṛta hooted. 3)

(p. 532) dhāta mettle, temperament, disposition, spirit, nature (লোকের ধাত বুঝে চলা); (physiol.) any of the four fluids of the body, humour (সর্দির ধাত); pulse (ধাত ছেড়ে যাওয়া); semen, seed (ধাতের রোগ). ধাত ছেড়ে যাওয়া failing of pulse, stopping of heart beats; to be in a state of collapse. ধাতের রোগ spermatorrhoea; (loos.) gonorrhoea. ̃সহ a. in accordance or agreement with bodily condition or constitution or temperament or nature. ̃স্হ a. one who is enjoying or has regained one's mental calm, in a state of composure; one who is in his humour; one who has come round or recovered; acclimatized, accustomed. 68)

(p. 543) dhunāri one who cleans cotton by shredding with a bow or cotton-gin, a cotton-cleaner. 8)

(p. 542) dhinadhina, dhina-tā-dhina key-words indicating the measure of a dance. 6)

(p. 529) dhanādhyakṣa a treasurer; a finance minister, a dewan, Chancellor of the Exchequer. ̃তা n. treasurership; office of the finance minister. 19)

(p. 529) dhaḍ় the body apart from the head and legs or limbs, the trunk, the torso; a truncated body. ধড়ে প্রাণ আসা (fig.) to recover or regain mental composure (as after a deadly or severe shock). 6)

(p. 532) dhānī (used chiefly as a sfx.) a place or residence or seat (রাজধানী) । 79)

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

(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. 545) dhēḍ়ē1 the otter. 6)

(p. 532) dhariẏē (used as a sfx.) one who holds or catches or captures. 15)