ঢ [ ḍh ] n the fourteenth consonant of the Bengali alphabet.

ঢং¹ [ ḍha¹ ] n affected or conquettish bearing or pose; dissimulation; affectation; shape, form, cut, fashion, style, manner. ঢঙি a. fem. given to affectation; conquettish; dissimulating. ☐ n. such a woman, a poseuse.

ঢক¹ [ ḍhaka¹ ] n shape, form, cut; pattern; style (কথা বলার ঢক).

ঢক² [ ḍhaka² ] int expressing: the noise of swal lowing or gulping any liquid; the noise of heavy movement of any liquid within a container. ̃ঢক int. expressing : repetition of these noises; the noise of swallowing or gulping repeatedly and quickly (ঢকঢক করে জল খাওয়া).

ঢক্কা [ ḍhakkā ] n a large drum. ̃ধ্বনি, ̃নিনাদ n. the sound of such a drum.

ঢন [ ḍhana ] int expressing: a metallic sound as of a bell ringing or an empty vessel sounding. ̃ঢন int. expressing: repeti tion of this sound, ding-dong; absolute emptiness (হাড়িঁ ঢনঢন, পকেট ঢনঢন). ̃ঢনে a. empty.

ঢপ¹ [ ḍhapa¹ ] n shape, form, cut, fashion; a kind of song attended with slow dance cur rent in Bengal.

ঢপ² [ ḍhapa² ] int expressing: a thudding noise as of a heavy body falling softly; the dull noise of striking a soft and empty swelling or a flatulent belly.

ঢপ ঢপ, ঢব ঢব [ ḍhapa ḍhapa, ḍhaba ḍhaba ] int expressing: repeated and quick thudding noise; the dull noise of repeatedly striking a soft and empty swelling or a flatulent belly.

ঢল [ ḍhala ] n a slope, an incline; declivity; stream of water running down along the slope of a mountain, a rapid (ঢল নেমেছে); flood-water (esp. that puts a river in spate).

ঢলকো [ ḍhalakō ] a loose, slack.

ঢলঢল [ ḍhalaḍhala ] int expressing: excessive loose ness (জামাটা ঢলঢল করছে); loveliness (মুখ খানা ঢলঢল করছে); wideness or largeness (আঁখি ঢলঢল); engrossed or rapt state (ভাবে ঢলঢল); ☐ a. large or wide and expressive (ঢলঢল আখি); full of beauty or charm. ('ঢলঢল কাঁচা অঙ্গের লাবনি'). ঢলঢলে a. very loose-fitting (ঢলঢলে জামা); full of loveliness (ঢলঢলে মুখ).

ঢলতা [ ḍhalatā ] n extra quantity of any commodity added to the accurately weighed amount (perhaps to ensure customer satisfaction).

ঢলা [ ḍhalā ] v to incline forwards or backwards or sideways; to go down (সূর্য পশ্চিমে ঢলেছে); to incline towards, to dote on (ছেলের দিকে ঢলা). ̃ঢলি n. scandalous behaviour (esp. in love); objectionable familiarity or mixing; a scandalous af fair. ঢলানে a. given to scandalous behaviour. fem. ঢলানি । ঢলানো v. to cause to incline; to behave scandal ously. ঢলে পড়া v. to droop, to collapse (from loss of muscular strength etc.).

ঢাউস [ ḍhāusa ] a very large or big, enormous, monstrous, huge.

ঢাঁই [ ḍhām̐i ] n a species of large fish without scale, (cp.) the trout.

ঢাক¹ [ ḍhāka¹ ] n a drum. ঢাক পেটা, ঢাক বাজানো v. to beat a drum; (fig.) to make public or announce publicly. ঢাকের কাঠি a drum stick; (fig.) an instigator. ঢাকের বাঁয়া useless appurtenances or parapherna lia; something merely decorative. ঢাকের বাদ্যি drum-beat. ঢাকের দায়ে মনসা বিকানো (fig.) to run insolvent in attempting to keep up appearances, to sell one's homestead to grease one's car.

ঢাকঢাক, ঢাকঢাক-গুড়গুড় [ ḍhākaḍhāka, ḍhākaḍhāka-guḍ়guḍ় ] n an attempt to conceal or hush up; hush-hush state.

ঢাকনা [ ḍhākanā ] n a cover; a lid; a veil; a blinker.

ঢাকনি [ ḍhākani ] n a cover, a lid.

ঢাকা [ ḍhākā ] v to cover; to veil; to screen; to en velop; to overcast (মেঘে ঢাকা); to con ceal, to hide; to hush up; (usu. dero.) to countenance or to connive at. ☐ n. a lid; a cover; a veil; (usu. dero.) conniv ance. ☐ a. covered; veiled; screened; enveloped; overcast.

ঢাকাই [ ḍhākāi ] a made or manufactured at Dacca (a district of Bangladesh).

ঢাকি [ ḍhāki ] n a drummer. ঢাকি সুদ্ধ বিসর্জন (lit.) to throw away or immerse the drum mer with the idol; (fig.) to lose or sarcifice everything; to let go the rope after the bucket, to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

ঢামালি [ ḍhāmāli ] n pleasantries, drolleries, jokes.

ঢাল¹ [ ḍhāla¹ ] n a shield; a buckler.

ঢাল² [ ḍhāla² ] n a slope, a declivity, a descent. cp. ঢল ।

ঢালা [ ḍhālā ] v to pour (দুধ ঢালা); to cast, to mould (ছাঁচে ঢালা); to invest or spend esp. lavishly (ব্যাবসাতে টাকা ঢালা, ছেলের পড়াশোনার পিছনে টাকা ঢালা); to confer (স্নেহ ঢালা); to cause to flow out (দেশের জন্য রক্ত ঢালা). ☐ a. that which is poured (ঢালা জল); cast, moulded; extensively outspread, large, spacious (ঢালা বিছানা, ঢালা ফরাশ); lavishly distributed (ঢালা খাবার); permanent, standing (ঢালা হুকুম). ঢালাই n. act of casting or mould ing. ☐ a. moulded, cast (ঢালাই লোহা). ঢালাই করা v. to mould, to cast. ঢালাইকর n. a caster. ঢালাই-কারখানা n. an iron foundry; a foundry.

ঢালাও [ ḍhālāō ] a extensively outspread, spacious (ঢালাও ফরাশ, ঢালাও জায়গা); distributed lavishly (ঢালাও খাবার); permanent, standing (ঢালাও হুকুম).

ঢালাঢালি [ ḍhālāḍhāli ] n act of transferring a liquid re peatedly from one container to another by pouring it; act of pouring and re pouring a liquid into a container. ঢেলে সাজা v. to undo a thing and then to do it afresh, to fashion anew, to recast.

ঢালী [ ḍhālī ] n a shield-bearer; a soldier bearing a shield or buckler.

ঢালু [ ḍhālu ] a sloping or slanting downwards, declining.

ঢিঢি [ ḍhiḍhi ] n (usu. of disrepute, censure, scan dal) loud noise or discussion, extensive publicity and reproach (ঢিঢি পরে গেছে). ☐ a. (usu. dero.) given extensive public reproach (ঢিঢিরব). ̃কার, ̃ক্কার, ̃রব n. extensive public censure and hooting; loud noise (of anything).

ঢিপ [ ḍhipa ] int expressing: a mild thudding noise as of a heavy body falling softly. ঢিপ করে প্রণাম করা to genuflect sud denly or quickly. ঢিপ ঢিপ int. express ing: repeated mild thudding noise; palpitation or throbbing esp. in fear (বুক ঢিপ ঢিপ করছে).

ঢিপি [ ḍhipi ] n a mound; a hillock; an artificial hill; a heap, a pile (কাপড়চোপড়ের ঢিপি); a hill (উইয়ের ঢিপি).

ঢিল¹ [ ḍhila¹ ] n a hard roundish lump esp. of stone or brick or clay. ঢিল মারা v. to pelt with these lumps, to throw stones or brickbats.

ঢিলামি, (কথ্য) ঢিলেমি [ ḍhilāmi, (kathya) ḍhilēmi ] n slackness, slug gishness, lack of enthusiasm or spiritedness.

ঢু, ঢুঁ [ ḍhu, ḍhu ] n act of butting (as by a goat etc.). ঢু মারা, ঢুঁ মারা v. to butt; to put in appear ance, to knock (চাকরির জন্য সর্বত্র ঢুঁ মারা).

ঢুঁড়া [ ḍhun̐ḍ়ā ] n to search; to traverse (দেশে দেশে ঢুঁড়ছে).

ঢুঢু [ ḍhuḍhu ] int (also n.) expressing nothingness. কাজের বেলায় ঢুঢু found wanting when called upon to prove (one's) worth; of no worth or value at the time of work or crucial test.

ঢুল [ ḍhula ] n an instance or act of nodding or stooping in drowsiness or intoxication; drowsy stupor, drowsiness (চোখে ঢুল নামা). ঢুলঢুলে, ঢুলুঢুল, ঢুলুঢুলু a. heavy with drowsiness or intoxication (ঢুলঢুলে চোখ); smitten with passion ('সুখে আঁখি ঢুলুঢুলু'). ঢুলনি, ঢুলুনি same as ঢুলু ।

ঢুলা [ ḍhulā ] v (dial.) to nod or stoop in drowsi ness or intoxication.

ঢুলানো [ ḍhulānō ] v (obs.) to wave (টামর ঢুলানো); to rock or dangle (মা শিশুকে ঢুলাছে).

ঢুসানো [ ḍhusānō ] v to butt (as by a goat). ঢুসাঢুসি n. act of butting one another; a crowded state in which heads knock against one another. coll. ঢুসোঢুসি ।

ঢেউ [ ḍhēu ] n a wave; a billow, a surge; a ripple; ঢেউ ওঠা v. to rise in waves or surges or ripples; to wave, to surge, to ripple; ঢেউ কাটানো v. to dodge waves. ঢেউ খেলা v. to move in waves or ripples, to wave, to ripple. ঢেউ তোলা v. to cause to rise in waves or surges or ripples, to surge, to ripple; to swell up in waves or surges or ripples, to surge up. ঢেউ-খেলানো, ঢেউ-তোলা a. wavy; un dulating; corrugated.

ঢেঁকি [ ḍhēn̐ki ] n a kind of husking pedal operated in a seesaw manner. ঢেঁকির আঁকশলি the fulcrum of a husking pedal. ̃কল n. a seesaw. ̃শাক n. an edible fern. ̃শাল, ̃শালা n. a room (usu. a cutcha one) where the husking pedal is fixed. ঢেঁকি স্বর্গে গেলেও ধান ভানে (fig.) an expert worker has to work even in heaven; a drudge will drudge even in heaven.

ঢেঁড়স [ ḍhēn̐ḍ়sa ] n the lady's finger, the kidney vetch; (fig.) a good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless or do-nothing fellow.

ঢেঁড়া, ঢেঁড়ি¹ [ ḍhēn̐ḍ়ā, ḍhēn̐ḍ়i¹ ] n a drum, a tympan (ঢেঁড়া পেটা); a proclamation by drum-beat (ঢেঁড়া দেওয়া).

ঢেঁড়ি² [ ḍhēn̐ḍ়i² ] n a kind of earring; a poppy-seed; a poppy pod or seed-vessel.

ঢেঁকুর [ ḍhēn̐kura ] n a belch, an eructation. ঢেকুর তোলা v. to belch, to eructate.

ঢেপসা [ ḍhēpasā ] a shaped like a mound; bulky or fatty but not strong and stout, flaccid (ঢেপসা শরীর).

ঢেমনা [ ḍhēmanā ] a lewd, libertine, profligate; a spe cies of non-poisonous snake.

ঢেরা [ ḍhērā ] n a cross-mark; a bobbin. ̃সই n. a cross-mark put instead of signature by an illiterate person.

ঢেরি [ ḍhēri ] n a heap, a pile, a stack. ঢেরি করা v. to heap, to pile.

ঢেলা [ ḍhēlā ] n a small lump or clod esp. of earth; a small brickbat. ঢেলা মারা v. to pelt with a small clod of earth or with a small brickbat.

ঢোঁড়ন [ ḍhōn̐ḍ়na ] n act of searching or traversing.

ঢোঁড়া² [ ḍhōn̐ḍ়ā² ] n a non-venomous water-snake; (sarcas.) a person without personality and power.

ঢোক [ ḍhōka ] n a gulp; gulping. ঢোক গেলা v. to gulp; to make a movement as of gulp ing something (esp. to express hesita tion).

ঢোকা [ ḍhōkā ] v to go or come in or into, to enter (ঘরে ঢুকবে, গর্তে ঢোকা); to be admitted into (কলেজে ঢোকা, দলে ঢোকা); to be taken in or employed, to enter (চাকরিতে ঢুকেছে); to be driven in (পেরেক ঢুকানো); to be comprehended by (মাথায় ঢোকা); to be put in or interpolated (লেখায় ঢোকা). ঢুকানো. v. to cause to go or come in or into, to enter; to admit into; to cause to be taken in or employed; to drive in or penetrate; to fix or let into (আঙটি আঙুলে ঢোকানো); to implant (in); to make one understand or compre hend, to hammer in (মাথায় ঢুকানো); to put in or interpolate.

ঢোল [ ḍhōla ] n a tom-tom. ঢোল দেওয়া v. to an nounce or circulate by beating a tom tom. ঢোল পেটা v. (dero.) to beat a tom tom; (dero.) to make a loud noise (কথা বলছে যেন ঢোল পিটছে); to announce or circulate by beating a tom-tom; (usu. dero.) to make public. ঢোল হওয়া v. to be swollen in the shape as of a tom tom. নিজের ঢোল নিজে পেটা to beat one's own trumpet, to advertise oneself. ঢোলক n. a small variety of tom-tom. ̃শোহরত n. announcement or circula tion by beating a tom-tom.

ঢোলা² [ ḍhōlā² ] a very loose-fitting (ঢোলা জামা).

ঢোসকা [ ḍhōsakā ] a fat and flabby, flaccid.

ঢ্যাঙা [ ḍhyāṅā ] a lanky.

ণ [ ṇ ] n the fifteenth consonant of the Bengali alphabet.

ণত্ববিধান, ণত্ববিধি [ ṇatbabidhāna, ṇatbabidhi ] n (gr.) the rules govern ing the change of ণ into ন

ণত্ব-ষত্ব জ্ঞান [ ṇatba-ṣatba jñāna ] n (lit.) knowledge as to where ণ and ষ should be used; (fig.) gumption, nous, common sense.

ণ-ফলা [ ṇa-phalā ] n the system of adding ণ to other letters.

ণিচ্ [ ṇic ] n (gr.) a causative inflection of verbs (e.g. দৃশ্ to see + ণিচ্ = দর্শি, to show).

ণিজন্ত [ ṇijanta ] a (gr.) inflected with ণিচ্ (ণিজন্ত ধাতু).