(p. 529) dhanātmaka (phys. & math.) positive. 15)

(p. 529) dhaniṣṭhā (astro.) the twenty-third of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy. 28)

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

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

(p. 542) dhukadhuka, dhukapuka expressing: the sound of palpitating or throbbing. ধুকধুক করা, ধুকপুক করা v. to palpitate, to throb. ধুকধুকানি n. palpitation, throbbing. 15)

(p. 545) dhrubākṣa (astr.) the Polar axis. 47)

(p. 545) dhbani sound; noise; report; note, tone; voice; (rhet.) a suggestion. ̃কাব্য n. (rhet.) poetry that suggests a meaning beyond the stated meaning. ধ্বনিত a. sounded; rung or played; voiced; in the process of being sounded or rung or played or voiced; (rhet.) suggested. ধ্বনিত করা v. to sound; to ring; to play; to voice. ̃তত্ত্ব n. phonetics; phonology. ̃পরিবর্তন n. change of sound, sound change. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. phonetics; phonology; the science of sound. ̃বৃত্তি n. (rhet.) onomatopoeia. ̃ভোট n. a vote of voice. ̃মাধুর্য n. sweetness of sound. ̃রেখা n. the mark of sound-wave; sound-line; line of vibration. 36)

(p. 532) dhastādhasti a scuffle or tussle or fray; a hard effort or struggle (অনেক ধস্তাধস্তির পর মাইনে বাড়ল). ধস্তাধস্তি করা v. to scuffle; to try or struggle hard. 54)

(p. 543) dhūmadgāra, dhūmōdgiraṇa emission of smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc., ধূমোদ্গার করা v. to emit smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc. 34)

(p. 540) dhika fie.

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

(p. 529) dhanika moneyed, wealthy, rich, affluent, opulent; capitalistic, capitalist. n. one who invests money in a business, an investor, a capitalist; a rich merchant, a merchant prince; a moneylender; a rich man. fem. ধনিকা a rich man's wife; a young and beautiful woman. ̃গোষ্ঠী, ̃সমাজ, ̃সম্প্রদায় n. the moneyed class, the capitalist class; the capitalist world. ̃তন্ত্র n. capitalistic or capitalist government; capitalism. 25)

(p. 543) dhuni2, dhunī (chiefly used as a sfx.) a river সুরধুনী. 10)