(p. 545) dhṛṣṭa arrogant, haughty, insolent; impertinent, audacious, saucy, pert, (coll.) cheeky; talkative; garrulous; impudent. shameless; lascivious, lewd. fem. ধৃষ্টা । ̃তা n. arrogance, insolence, impertinence, audacity, sauciness, pertness; (coll.) cheek, talkativeness, garrulity; impudence, shamelessness; lasciviousness; lewdness. 2)

(p. 545) dhauta washed; cleansed or scrubbed or scoured with water; washed and bleached; inundated. ধৌত করা v. to wash, to clean. 25)

(p. 532) dhāndā, dhāndhā dazzlement of sight; optical illusion; confusion, dazed condition; search (চাকরির ধান্দা, টাকার ধান্দা); cause of demand (পেটের ধান্ধা). ̃বাজ a. too self-seeking and opportunist. n. a self-seeker and opportunist. 81)

(p. 529) dhanārjana earning of money; acquisition of wealth. 21)

(p. 545) dhyāna meditation; absorbing religious meditation; recollection; remembrance. ধ্যান করা v. to meditate (upon); to be absorbed in religious meditation; to recollect; to remember. ̃গম্ভীর a. grave and silent on account of absorption in meditation; consecrated or sanctified with holy meditation; solemnly absorbed in (spiritual) meditation ('ধ্যানগম্ভীর ঐ যে ভূধর'). ̃গম্য, ̃গোচর a. comprehensible or cognizable or attainable (only) through (deep) meditation. ̃জ্ঞান n. meditation and cognition, thought and feeling; (loos.) sole occupation or absorption. ̃তত্পর a. given to meditation; capable of being absorbed in meditation. ̃ধারণা n. meditation and impression, thought and perception; idea; impression. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. meditative. ̃ভঙ্গ n. interruption or break of meditation (esp. a spiritual one). ̃মগ্ন a. absorbed or engrossed in meditation. ̃রত, ̃স্হ a. engaged in meditation. 41)

(p. 545) dhēḍ়ē1 the otter. 6)

(p. 543) dhupachāẏā a mixture of blue and light violet, peacock-blue; (loos.) light-and-shade colour; (loos.) chiaroscuro. a. peacock-blue; (loos.) light-and-shade; (loos.) chiaroscuro. 15)

(p. 531) dhanēśa the lord or god of wealth; an appellation of Kuvera (কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon; a beautiful long-billed bird, the hornbill. a. very rich or wealthy, affluent, opulent. 4)

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

(p. 531) dhamani, dhamanī an artery; a vein; the pulsating vein palpable at the wrist. ̃স্পন্দন, ̃ঘাত n. pulse-beat, pulse; arterial throbbing. 16)

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

(p. 532) dharā2 to hold with the hand (বইখানা ধরো); to catch (বলটা ছুড়ে দিচ্ছি-ধরো); to hold, to seize; to take (এই ভিক্ষা দিলাম-ধরো); to touch (চোর-চোর খেলায় বুড়ি ধরা, বাচ্ছাটা যেন গরম দুধটা না ধরে); to reach (হাত দিয়ে চাঁদ ধরা); to overtake (যতই জোরে যাও-তোমাকে ধরব); to arrest, to apprehend, to capture (চোর ধরা); to entrap, to catch (বাঘ ধরা, মাছ ধরা); to restrain, to check; to hold (পাখিটাকে ধরো নইলে পালিয়ে যাবে); to contain, to hold, to accommodate (পাত্রে জল ধরা, ঘরে লোক ধরা); to bear (গাছে ফল ধরা); to carry, to bear (গর্ভে ধরা); to cherish (অন্তরে উচ্চাশা ধরা); to wear, to put on (বেশ ধরা); to assume (মূর্তি ধরা); to take to, to resort to (লাঠি ধরা); to be obstinate about (গোঁ ধরা); to take up (অস্ত্র ধরা); to follow (পথ ধরা); to give support to (লোকটিকে ধরো নইলে পড়ে যাবে); to attack (ডাকাতে ধরা, রোগে ধরা); to affect or infect (চোখে চালশে ধরা, যক্ষায় ধরা); to ache (মাথা ধরা); to be benumbed (দাঁড়িয়ে থেকে থেকে পা ধরা); to infest or attack or damage or contact (পোকায় ধরা, মরচে ধরা); to accept, to take in (ছবিতে রং ধরা); to act upon successfully, to work (ওষুধ ধরা); to start practising (জুয়াচুরি ধরা); to be accustomed or addicted to (নেশা ধরা); to be under the influence of (নেশায় ধরা); to be stricken or affected with (শীতে বা ভয়ে ধরা); to catch or board or embark (তিনি মুম্বই থেকে জাহাজ ঝরবেন); to be in time to catch (এখন না গেলে ট্রেন ধরতে পারব না); to stop at, to touch (এ স্টেশনে মেল ট্রেন ধরে না); to terminate, to cease (বৃষ্টি ধরা); to commence, to begin, to start (গান ধরা); to find out, to detect (ভূল ধরা); to impose or assess (ট্যাক্স ধরা); to charge or fix or ascertain (দাম ধরা); to pronounce, to utter (ঈশ্বরের নাম ধরা); to declare, to stake or bet or bid (বাজি ধরা); to insist upon, to beseech (অনেক ধরে-করে); to sustain, to preserve, to maintain (প্রাণ করা); to run hoarse, to choke (ঠাম্ডায় গলা ধরা); to grasp, to make out, to understand, to comprehend (কথার অর্থ ধরা); to determine or discern (কার লেখা ধরা শক্ত); to take fire, to ignite (উনুন ধরা); to catch fire (আগুনের কাছ থেকে সরে যাও-কাপড় ধরে যাবে); to be set on (ঘরে আগুন ধরা); to adopt (সেলিম জাহাঙ্গির নাম ধরলেন); to test (পড়া ধরা); to be pleasing or acceptable to (মনে ধরা); to turn (চুলে পাক ধরা); to be under, to contact (টান ধরা); to count, to consider, to regard (মানুষের মধ্যে ধরা); to pay heed to, to listen to (আমার কথা ধরো); to be overfried or overdone (তরকারিটা ধরে গেছে) a. held; caught; seized; arrested, apprehended, captured; entrapped; contained; reserved or kept in a container; aching; terminated, ceased; commenced, started; found out, detected; seen through (চালাকি ধরা পড়েছে); declared or bidden; fixed or ascertained; run hoarse or choked; ignited; tested; one who or that which holds or catches (মাছ-ধরা জাল). ধরা-ছোঁয়া n. proximity; reach; tangibility; (fig.) comprehension or detection. ধরা-ছোঁয়ার বাইরে distant; beyond reach; intangible; (fig.) incomprehensible or beyond detection. ধরাছোঁয়ার মধ্যে proximate; within reach; tangible; (fig.) comprehensible or detectable. ধরানো v. to cause to hold or catch or seize or arrest or apprehend or entrap or contain or accommodate or wear or assume or take to or resort to or follow or take up or be attacked or ache or be dazed or be benumbed or contact or accept or work successfully or be accustomed to or addicted to or practise or board or embark or be in time to catch or terminate or commence or find out or detect or declare or bid or buy a ticket of or lie obstinately at or charge or fix or ascertain or run hoarse or choke or ignite or be set or adopt or test or be pleasing or acceptable to or turn or be under; to set to (ঘরে আগুন ধরানো). ̃ধরি n. persistent request; importunities; insistent solicitation; rounding up, arrests. ̃বাঁধা a. rigidly fixed; hard and fast; rigid; fixed. 11)

(p. 529) dhaḍ়āsa expressing: a heavy thudding noise as of a fall, thud; a loud banging noise as of opening or closing a door violently, bang; a sudden impetuous throb (বুকটা ভয়ে ধড়াস করে উঠল). ধড়াসধড়াস int. expressing: repeated thuds or bangs or impetuous throbs. ধড়াস-ধড়াস করা v. to make thudding or banging noise repeatedly; to throb or palpitate impetuously. 10)

(p. 545) dhōn̐kā2 a kind of pie-curry prepared with pulped pigeon-pea. 15)

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