(p. 540) dhāra3 an edge, a border, a brim, a brink, a brow (পথের ধার, নদীর ধার, পাহাড়ের ধার); a side or face (এধারে, ওধারে); proximity, approach, contiguity, vicinity (বাড়ির ধারে, ধারেকাছে); sharpness, edge (ছুরির ধার); keenness (বুদ্ধির ধার); intelligence or wit; debt, loan (বাজারে অনেক ধার); credit (ধারে কেনা); concern, connection (ধার ধারা). ধার করা v. to borrow; to sharpen, to whet. ধার দেওয়া v. to lend; to sharpen, to whet. ধার ধারা v. to be indebted to, to have any concern with; to care for, to pay heed to. ধার হওয়া v. to be in debt. ধারে কেনা বা বেচা v. to buy or sell on credit. ধারে কেনা-বেচা buying and selling on credit. হয় ধারে কাটা নয় ভারে কাটা (fig.) to pass or be counted highly on account of merit or prestige and position or weight and importance. ধারে ডোবা v. to be deeply involved in debt, to be over head and ears in debt. 15)

(p. 532) dhānyamla acetic acid. 83)

(p. 542) dhikkāra, dhikkāra act of crying fie upon. ধিক্কার দেওয়া v. to cry fie upon, to hoot. 2)

(p. 529) dhaka expressing: sudden blaze or glow (as of fire); sudden throb or jerk (বুকটা ধক করে উঠল). ধকধক int. expressing: state of blazing or glowing by flashes or repeatedly; throbbing or palpitation. ধকধক করা v. to glow or blaze by flashes or repeatedly; to dazzle (হিরেখানা ধকধক করছে); to palpitate or throb greatly. ̃ধকানি n. loud and great throbbing or palpitation. 3)

(p. 532) dhātrīẏa a nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a foster-mother, a midwife; a nurse. 74)

(p. 532) dharmābalambana practising a religion; adoption of a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বন করা v. to practise or follow a religion or creed; to adopt a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বী a. following or practising a religion. fem. ধর্মাবলম্বিনী । 29)

(p. 532) dhātā God; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); father. a & n. one who contains or bears or protects or creates or builds. 70)

(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. 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. 540) dhārā2 a stream, a flow (রক্তধারা, আলোকধারা); a current (স্রোতোধারা); a shower (বৃষ্টিধারা); a stream or shower of any liquid (জলধারা, নয়নধারা); a spring, a fountain, a waterfall, a cascade (সহস্রধারা); a system, a method, a way (কাজের ধারা); a rule or go (জগতের বা দুনিয়ার ধারা); succession, serial, order, train (চিন্তাধারা); fashion, manner (অমনধারা); (law) a clause or section (আইনের ধারা). বর্তমানের ধারা order of the day, prevailing state of things. ̃কদম্ব n. a kind of tree yielding beautiful flowers of globular shape. ̃কারে adv. in or like a stream, streamingly; profusely in numerous streams. ̃ক্রমে adv. according to system or method, systematically or methodically; according to rule; successively, serially. ̃গৃহ n. a bathroom fitted with a shower-bath. ̃ঙ্কুর n. a drop of water or rain; hail. ̃ধর n. the cloud. ̃নি n. a stream of water from above (as from a shower bath). ̃বর্ণনা n. running commentary of an event or a game. ̃বর্ষ, ̃বর্ষণ n. heavy and incessant rain or downpour. ̃বাহিক, ̃বাহী a. continuous; serial; successive. ̃বাহিকতা, ̃বাহিতা n. continuity; seriality; succession. ̃বাহিকক্রমে, ̃বাহিকভাবে adv. continuously; serially; successively. ̃বিবরণী, ̃ভাষ্য same as ধারাবর্ণনা । ̃মতো, ̃মতে adv. (law) according to a particular section or clause of an act. ̃যন্ত্র n. a fountain; a syringe; a spraying apparatus; a shower-bath, a shower. ̃শ্রাবণ n. the month of Shravan (July-August) when there are heavy showers or when it rains heavily. ̃সম্পাত, ̃সার n. heavy and incessant rain; torrential rain or downpour. 23)

(p. 532) dharmādhikārī a judge. 22)

(p. 543) dhunā2 to clean cotton by shredding it with a bow or a cotton-gin; (sl.) to give a sound drubbing. 7)

(p. 545) dhōlāi act of washing; act of washing and bleaching; (fig.) sound beating (ধোলাই দেওয়া). a. washed; washed and bleached. 22)

(p. 543) dhūsara the grey colour, the ash-colour. a. grey, ash-coloured, ashen, ashengrey, ashy. ধূসরাভ a. greyish. ধূপরিত a. made grey, greyed. ধূসরিমা n. greyness; the grey colour; greyishness. 38)

(p. 531) dhamilla (of a human being) a bun; (of a bird etc.) a hairy crest.