(p. 531) dhanba, dhanbā (chiefly used in comp.) a bow (সুধন্বা). 7)

(p. 532) dharanā act of lying obstinately at one's door or at the temple of a deity soliciting or imploring something. ধরনা দেওয়া n. to lie obstinately at one's door or at the temple of a deity soliciting or imploring something. 8)

(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. 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. 545) dhbanana act of making a suppressed noise (esp. a vocal one); humming; act of sounding or ringing or playing (as a musical instrument etc.); (rhet.) suggestion. 35)

(p. 532) dharṣa, dharṣaṇa oppression; act of forcing; ravishment, outrage; rape; subdual; act of defeating. ধর্ষণ করা v. to oppress; to force; to ravish, to outrage; to rape; to subdue; to defeat. ধর্ষক a. & n. one who or that which oppresses or forces or ravishes or outrages or subdues or defeats. ধর্ষীয় a. fit to be or capable of being oppressed or forced or ravished or outraged or subdued or defeated. fem. ধর্ষণীয়া । 47)

(p. 531) dhapādhapa expressing: a succession of thudding or thumping noise as of heavy bodies falling one after another. ধপাধপ করে with thuds. 12)

(p. 529) dhanādhāra a treasury; a treasure-chest. 16)

(p. 529) dhaḍ়maḍ় expressing: sudden bustle or flutter or hurry. 8)

(p. 540) dhāma (mostly used as a sfx.) a dwelling-house, a residence, an abode (নিজধাম); an address (নামধাম); a place, a seat (শান্তিধাম); a holy place; a place of pilgrimage (গয়াধাম); a repository (গুণধাম); a receptacle, a container. 7)

(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. 543) dhṛtātmā self-possessed. calm and collected, not distracted. 40)

(p. 532) dhāḍ়i a dam of beasts (ধাড়ি ও বাচ্চা); (chiefly hum.) a mother of many children. n. (usu. masc.) (dero.) a leader or ringleader (চোরের ধাড়ি); (dero.) a grown-up person or child (ধাড়ির বায়নাও সবই নাকি?). a. grownup. (ধাড়ি ছেলে); inveterate (ধাড়ি শয়তান). 67)

(p. 545) dhōsā1 a kind of coarse woollen wrapper. 23)

(p. 532) dhāpā a low and usually marshy land where rubbish and filth are deposited (also ধাপার মাঠ). 87)