(p. 532) dhāōẏā to run; to run after, to chase hotly. ধাওয়া করা same as ধাওয়া । ধাওয়ানো v. to cause to run or chase; to chase away; to give a hot chase. 61)

(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. 529) dhani2 (poet. & obs.) a beautiful young woman or damsel. □ a. (poet. & obs.) beautiful and young. 24)

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

(p. 529) dhanādhyakṣa a treasurer; a finance minister, a dewan, Chancellor of the Exchequer. ̃তা n. treasurership; office of the finance minister. 19)

(p. 545) dhbasta destroyed; annihilated; perished; wrecked, ruined; impaired, run down; devastated; demolished; fallen; vanquished. 38)

(p. 543) dhustura, dhustūra the thorn-apple, the datura. ধুস্তুরী, ধুস্তূরী a. daturic, atropinic. 25)

(p. 540) dhāmā a hemispherical rattan-basket or wicker-basket or scuttle having no lid. ̃চাপা a. (fig.) concealed, hushed up, shelved. ̃চাপা দেওয়া v. to conceal, to hush up, to shelve. ধামা ধরা v. to fawn or cringe (upon). ̃ধরা a. cringing, fawning. n. a servile flatterer or sycophant or toady. 11)

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

(p. 540) dhārtarāṣṭra a son of King Dhritarashtra of the Mahabharata. 30)

(p. 542) dhut a sound expressing: repulsion, aversion, slight mistrust etc; sh, pish, psh, bosh. 18)

(p. 543) dhunā1 resin; incense. 6)

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

(p. 545) dhabja a flag, a banner, a standard, an ensign; the penis. ̃ক n. a flag, a standard. a. (bot.) vexillary. ̃দন্ড n. a flag-staff. ̃পট n. the bunting of a flag. ̃-বজ্রাঙ্কুশ n. three marks resembling a flag, a thunder and a goad imprinted on the sole of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু); (astrol.) a birth-mark indicating the chance of becoming a king. ̃বাহক n. a standardbearer; (mil.) an ensign. ̃বাহী a. carrying a flag or standard. ̃ভঙ্গ n. (of males) loss of sexual power, impotence, impotency. n. an impotent person. 32)