(p. 531) dhabala white (ধবলগিরি, ধবল আকাশ); grey (ধবল কেশ). n. the white colour; the grey colour; leucoderma. ধবলা a. fem. of ধবল । n. a white cow. ধবল-কুষ্ঠ n. leucoderma. ধবলাকার, ধবলাকৃতি a. looking white; white. ধবলিত a. made or turned white, whitened; turned grey (ধবলিত কেশ) ধবলিমা n. whiteness; whitishness. ধবলী n. a white cow. ধবলীকৃত a. made white, whitened. ধবলীভূত a. turned white or grey. 14)

(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. 543) dhupa1 sunlight, the sun. 13)

(p. 532) dharmāraṇya hermitage. 30)

(p. 543) dhunaci an incense burner, an incenser, a censer, a thurible. 4)

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

(p. 532) dharṣita oppressed; forced; ravished, outraged; raped; subdued; defeated. fem. ধর্ষিতা । 48)

(p. 532) dharāṭa (comm.) discount. 13)

(p. 542) dhuta caused to tremble or quiver, shaken; sounded or played (as a stringed musical instrument); expelled; removed, driven away, scolded, reprimanded. 19)

(p. 532) ̃dhātrī a progenitrix, a progenitress, a mother; a nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a foster-mother; a midwife; a nurse; the Earth (esp. as conceived as mother of all created beings). a. fem. one who carries in the womb; one who bears. ̃পুত্র n. a son of a nurse-mother or wetnurse. ̃বিদ্যা n. midwifery. ধাত্রীবিদ্যা বিশারদ n. a midwife, a gynaecologist and obstetrician. 73)

(p. 540) dhāmasānō to trample; to knead with hands and feet. a. trampled; kneaded with hands and feet. 10)

(p. 543) dhula a measure of land (=1/2 কাঠা); (poet. or dial.) dust. 23)

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

(p. 542) dhun̐kani a spell of panting for breath; palpitation, throbbing. 13)

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