(p. 532) dharati (comm.) an extra amount given by the seller to the buyer to guard against any possible shortage during weighing. 6)

(p. 545) dhruba (myth.) a prince famous for his incomparable devotion to God Hari (হরি); the Pole Star, the Polaris, the North Star, the cynosure, a. sure, certain; fixed; firm, deep-seated (ধ্রুববিশ্বাস); constant; actual, real (ধ্রুব সত্য). adv. surely, certainly (সে ধ্রুব আসবে); for sure, for certain (ধ্রুব জোনো). ̃তা n. sureness, surety, certainty; fixity; firmness; constancy; actuality, reality. ̃তারা, ̃নক্ষত্র n. the Pole Star, the North Star, the Polaris, the cynosure; the constant or firm goal or guide (জীবনের ধ্রুবতারা). ̃পদ n. a style of Indian classical song, dhrupad (ধ্রুপদ); a constant note ('যে ধ্রুবপদ দিয়েছ বাঁধি বিশ্বতানে'). ̃বিশ্বাস firm faith or belief or conviction. ̃রেখা n. (geog.) the equator, the equinoctial line. ̃লোক n. (myth.) a separate heaven created for Dhruba (ধ্রুব) to live in after his ascension to heaven; Paradise. ̃সত্য n. an absolute truth, a confirmed truth. a. absolutely true. 45)

(p. 543) dhṛti act of holding, catching, wearing, assuming, bearing or containing; conception; impression; a notion; an idea; patience; self-possession; complacence; satisfaction, content; perseverance, persistence. ̃বিন্দু n. a point of support. ̃মান a. patient; self-possessed; complacent; content; persevering. ̃হোম n. a sacramental sacrifice done at a wedding.

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

(p. 545) dhēḍ়ē2 (use. dero.) grown-up; big. 7)

(p. 540) dhārāpāta heavy and incessant rain; a book of arithmetical enumeration. 24)

(p. 542) dhīrōddhata (rhet.) a type of hero who is resourceful and usually gentle-natured but at times arrogant and vain. 12)

(p. 529) dhanī2 rich, wealthy, moneyed, affluent, opulent. n. a rich man.

(p. 545) dhōm̐ẏā smoke; fume; vapour, steam; gas; (loos.) mist, fog; (fig.) anything intangible or obscure. ধোঁয়া ওড়ানো v. (facet. or dero.) to smoke tobacco. ধোঁয়া ছাড়া v. to emit smoke; to puff tobaccosmoke. বুদ্ধির গোড়ায় ধোঁয়া দেওয়া v. to (try to) awaken one's dormant intelligence or devise plans by means of smoking tobacco. ধোঁয়াটে a. smoke-like; smoky; vapoury; (loos.) misty, foggy; (fig.) intangible; unintelligible; woolly, confused; obscure. 17)

(p. 543) dhunana act of shaking; a shake; act of sounding or playing (as a stringed musical instrument); act of cleaning cotton by shredding it with a bow or cotton-gin, ginning and carding (cotton, wool etc.). 5)

(p. 545) dhbajī bearing a standard; (sarcas.) hypocritically upholding or defending (ধর্মধ্বজী). 34)

(p. 545) dhrubākṣa (astr.) the Polar axis. 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. 540) dhika fie.

(p. 540) dhābaḍ়ānō to scatter in an ugly patch; to overlay with an ugly patch. a. scattered in or overlaid with an ugly patch. 3)