ধ [ dh ] n the nineteenth letter of the Bengali alphabet.

ধক [ dhaka ] int expressing: sudden blaze or glow (as of fire); sudden throb or jerk (বুকটা ধক করে উঠল). ধকধক int. ex pressing: state of blazing or glowing by flashes or repeatedly; throbbing or palpitation. ধকধক করা v. to glow or blaze by flashes or repeatedly; to dazzle (হিরেখানা ধকধক করছে); to palpi tate or throb greatly. ̃ধকানি n. loud and great throbbing or palpitation.

ধকল [ dhakala ] n stress, brunt, impact; pressure of work, hard labour, strain (রোগা শরীরে এত ধকল সইবে না); manhandling or wear and tear (ঘুরিটা খুব ধকল সয়েছে); disturbing or troublesome charge (ছেলেপিলেদের ধকল).

ধটি, ধটিকা, ধটী [ dhaṭi, dhaṭikā, dhaṭī ] n loincloth; a piece of scanty loincloth (as worn by an ascetic or a wrestler); a piece of old or worn out cloth, a rag.

ধড় [ dhaḍ় ] n the body apart from the head and legs or limbs, the trunk, the torso; a truncated body. ধড়ে প্রাণ আসা (fig.) to recover or regain mental composure (as after a deadly or severe shock).

ধড়ফড় [ dhaḍ়phaḍ় ] int expressing: restlessness or palpitation. ধড়ফড় করা v. to be restless or nervous; to palpitate. ধড়ফরানি n. restlessness, palpitation; trepidation.

ধড়মড় [ dhaḍ়maḍ় ] int expressing: sudden bustle or flutter or hurry.

ধড়া [ dhaḍ়ā ] n loincloth. ̃চূড়া n. loincloth and head-dress (esp. as worn by Krishna); (sarcas. or hum.) official dress (esp. one in European or English style).

ধড়াস [ dhaḍ়āsa ] int expressing: a heavy thudding noise as of a fall, thud; a loud banging noise as of opening or closing a door violently, bang; a sudden impetuous throb (বুকটা ভয়ে ধড়াস করে উঠল). ধড়াস ধড়াস int. expressing: repeated thuds or bangs or impetuous throbs. ধড়াস-ধড়াস করা v. to make thudding or banging noise repeatedly; to throb or palpitate impetuously.

ধড়িবাজ [ dhaḍ়ibāja ] a guileful, deceitful, tricksy, cunning, full of ruses. ধড়বাজি n. guile fulness, deceitfulness, tricksiness, cun ning; guile, deceit, trick, cunning. ধড়িবাজ লোক a trickster, a cunning or deceitful or wily fellow.

ধন [ dhana ] n money (ধনবিজ্ঞান); riches, wealth (ধনসম্পদ); treasure (গুপ্তধন); a highly valued thing (মাতৃস্নেহ পরম ধন); a dearly loved person or thing, a darling (আদরের ধন); (math.) the plus sign. ̃কুবের n. a man as wealthy as the god of wealth, an extremely or fabulously rich man, a millionaire, a billionaire. ̃ক্ষয় n. loss or waste of money; im poverishment. ̃গর্ব, ̃গৌরব n. inso lence from wealth. ̃গর্বী a. insolent from wealth, arrogant through wealth, purse-proud. ̃চিন্তা n. eagerness or anxiety about how to acquire wealth, concern for acquisition of wealth or property; Mammonism. ̃চিহ্ন n. (math.) a plus sign. ̃জন n. wealth and one's own people, men and money. ̃তন্ত্র, ̃তন্ত্রবাদ, ̃তান্ত্রিকতা n. capitalism. ̃তান্ত্রিক, ̃তন্ত্রবাদী a. capitalistic, capital ist. ☐ n. a capitalist. ̃তৃষ্ণা, ̃তৃষা n. thirst or great desire for wealth; ava rice, cupidity. ̃দ n. one who or that which gives wealth, money-giving. ☐ a. an appellation of Kuvera (কুবের) the god of wealth, (cp.) Plutus, Mammon: ̃দা a. fem. of ধনদ । ☐ n. an appellation of Lakshmi (লক্ষী) the presiding god dess of wealth. ̃দাতা a. one who gives money or wealth. fem. ধনদাত্রী । ̃দান n. act of giving money or wealth (esp. in charity). ̃দাস n. one who is ready to undergo all sorts of humiliation and privation for the sake of money-mak ing; a hateful servant of Mammon; an extremely avaricious man; an inveterate miser. ̃দৃপ্ত a. arrogant through posses sion of vast wealth, purseproud. ̃দেবতা n. the god of wealth; Kuvera (̃কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon. ̃দৌলত same as ধনসম্পত্তি । ̃ধান্য n. wealth and crops, abundance of wealth or affluence. ̃ধন্যপূর্ণ a. full of wealth and food; full of milk and honey; affluent. ̃নিয়োগ same as ধনবিনিয়োগ । ̃পতি n. the god of wealth; Kuvera (কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon; an extremely rich man. ̃পিপাসা same as ধনতৃষ্ণা । ̃পিশাচ n. one who is ready to do any heinous act for the sake of money; a sordid miser. ̃পূর্ণ a. replete with wealth. ̃বন্টন n. distri bution or apportionment of wealth. ̃বতী fem. of ধনবান । ̃বত্তা n. opulence. ̃বান a. opulent, wealthy, rich. ̃বিজ্ঞান n. economics. ̃বিনিয়োগ n. investment of money. ধনবিনিয়োগ করা v. to invest money. ̃বিভাগ n. divison of money or wealth; distribution or apportionment of property. ̃বৃদ্ধি n. multiplication or in crease or growth of wealth. ̃ভাগ্য n. (chiefly astrol.) luck for earning money. ̃ভাণ্ডার n. a treasury; a (public) fund. ̃মত্ত same as ধনগর্বী । ̃মদ same as ধনগর্ব । ̃মান n. wealth and honour or dignity. ̃রক্ষা n. safe keeping or preser vation of wealth. ̃রত্ন same as ধনদৌলত । ̃রাশি n. (math.) a positive quantity. ̃লক্ষ্মী n. the goddess of wealth. ̃লালসা, ̃লিপ্সা, ̃লোভ n. greed for wealth, ava rice, cupidity. ̃লিপ্সু, ̃লুব্ধ, ̃লোভী a. greedy of wealth, avaricious. ̃শালী a. wealthy, rich, moneyed, affluent, opu lent. ̃শালিতা n. wealthiness, affluence. ̃শ্রী n. an Indian musical mode. ̃সঞ্চয় n. accumulation or saving of money or wealth. ̃সম্পত্তি, ̃সম্পদ n. wealth and property, riches and wealth. ̃হীন a. poor, indigent. fem. ধনহীনা ।

ধনাগম [ dhanāgama ] n income, earning; acquirement or acquisition of wealth.

ধনাগার [ dhanāgāra ] n a treasury; a (public) fund.

ধনাত্মক [ dhanātmaka ] a (phys. & math.) positive.

ধনাধার [ dhanādhāra ] n a treasury; a treasure-chest.

ধনাধিকারী [ dhanādhikārī ] a possessed of or possessing wealth.

ধনাধিপ, ধনাধিপতি [ dhanādhipa, dhanādhipati ] n the lord of wealth; Kuvera (কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon.

ধনাধ্যক্ষ [ dhanādhyakṣa ] n a treasurer; a finance minister, a dewan, Chancellor of the Exchequer. ̃তা n. treasurership; office of the fi nance minister.

ধনাপহরণ [ dhanāpaharaṇa ] n act of stealing money; misap propriation of money; defalcation, em bezzlement; act of depriving one of one's money. ধনাপহরণ করা v. to steal or rob money; to misappropriate money, to defalcate; to embezzle; to deprive one of one's money. ধনাপহারী a. one who robs or steals or misappropriates money.

ধনার্জন [ dhanārjana ] n earning of money; acquisition of wealth.

ধনার্থী [ dhanārthī ] a desirous of obtaining or earning money, seeking money.

ধনাশা [ dhanāśā ] n desire for wealth, longing or craving for wealth.

ধনি² [ dhani² ] n (poet. & obs.) a beautiful young woman or damsel. □ a. (poet. & obs.) beautiful and young.

ধনিক [ dhanika ] a moneyed, wealthy, rich, afflu ent, opulent; capitalistic, capitalist. ☐ n. one who invests money in a busi ness, an investor, a capitalist; a rich merchant, a merchant prince; a money lender; 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.

ধনিচা [ dhanicā ] n a jute-like fibrous plant.

ধনিনী [ dhaninī ] fem of ধনী² ।

ধনিষ্ঠা [ dhaniṣṭhā ] n (astro.) the twenty-third of the twenty-seven stars according to Hindu astronomy.

ধনী² [ dhanī² ] a rich, wealthy, moneyed, affluent, opulent. ☐ n. a rich man.

ধনু [ dhanu ] n a bow; a linear measure equivalent to four cubits; an arc or arch; anything arch-shaped (রামধনু); (astrol.) the ninth sign of zodiac, the Sagittarius. ̃ক n. bow; a bow-like device for card ing and cleaning cotton, (cp.) a cottongin; a bow of a violin or any other musical instrument. ধনুকধারী n. a bowman, an archer. ধনুকাকার, ধনুকাকৃতি a. bow-shaped, arched. ̃র্গুণ n. a bow string. ধনুর্গুণ আরোপণ করা to string a bow. অদ্য ভক্ষ্যঃ ধনুর্গুণঃ state of having nothing to eat (this day); utter poverty. ̃র্ধর n. an archer, a bowman; (sarcas. & hum.) a very capable or efficient man (গণিতশাস্ত্রে ধনুর্ধর). ˜ধারী n. an ar cher, a bowman. ̃র্বন্ধনী n. (math. print, etc.), braces, the second bracket. ̃র্বাণ n. bow and arrow. ̃র্বিদ্যা n. the art and science of archery; archery. ̃র্বেদ n. an ancient treatise on archery written by Viswamitra (বিশ্বামিত্র). the sage; any trea tise on archery; the art and science of archery. ̃র্ভঙ্গ n. act of splitting a bow into two. ধনুর্ভঙ্গ পণ n. (fig.) an irrevo cable or unalterable determination or resolve, a grim or inflexible resolution. ̃ষ্কোটি n. an end or tip of a bow; a Hindu holy place in South India. ̃ষ্টঙ্কার ̃ষ্টংকার n. the twang of a bow; (med.) tetanus, convulsion, spasm; lock-jaw.

ধনে [ dhanē ] n coriander seed, coriander.

ধনেশ [ dhanēśa ] n the lord or god of wealth; an ap pellation of Kuvera (কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon; a beautiful long-billed bird, the hornbill. ☐ a. very rich or wealthy, affluent, opulent.

ধনোপার্জন [ dhanōpārjana ] n same as ধনার্জন ।

ধন্দ, ধন্ধ [ dhanda, dhandha ] n confusion or dazzlement of eyesight; confusion; bewilderment; suspicion.

ধন্ব, ধন্বা [ dhanba, dhanbā ] n (chiefly used in comp.) a bow (সুধন্বা).

ধন্বন্তরি [ dhanbantari ] n (Hindu myth.) the name of the physician of heaven; (fig.) an unfailing physician.

ধন্বী [ dhanbī ] a carrying a bow; armed with a bow; versed or efficient in archery.

ধন্য [ dhanya ] a fortunate or gratified (ধন্য করা, ধন্য হওয়া); blessed (জগতে সাধুরাই ধন্য); praiseworthy or admirable (ধন্য সাহস); virtuous or holy. ☐ n. thanks or thanks giving (ধন্য তোমাকে). fem. ধন্যা । ̃বাদ n. thanksgiving; thanks. ধন্যবাদ দেওয়া v. to thank, to give thanks.

ধপ ধপ [ dhapa dhapa ] int expressing: brilliant white ness or tidiness. ধপ ধপ করা v. to ap pear brilliantly white or tidy. ধপধপে a. brilliantly white (ধপধপে কাপড়); lumi nous (ধপধপে জোছনা); immaculately tidy (ধপধপে উঠোন); brilliant or dazz ling (ধপধপে সাদা).

ধপাধপ [ dhapādhapa ] int expressing: a succession of thudding or thumping noise as of heavy bodies falling one after another. ধপাধপ করে with thuds.

ধপাস [ dhapāsa ] int expressing: a loud thud or thump as caused by the fall of a heavy body. ধপাস করে with a thud.

ধবল [ dhabala ] a 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.

ধমক, ধমকানি [ dhamaka, dhamakāni ] n a rebuff, a snub; a scold ing, a reprimand; threat, intimidation. ধমক দেওয়া, ধমকানো v. to rebuff, to snub; to scold, to reprimand; to threaten, to intimidate. ধমকধামক n. mild reproof, expression of blame or disapproval.

ধমনি, ধমনী [ dhamani, dhamanī ] n an artery; a vein; the pul sating vein palpable at the wrist. ̃স্পন্দন, ̃ঘাত n. pulse-beat, pulse; ar terial throbbing.

ধমিল্ল [ dhamilla ] n (of a human being) a bun; (of a bird etc.) a hairy crest.

-ধর [ -dhara ] a (used as a sfx.) bearing, carrying, holding ভূধর, শ্রীধর, হলধর.

ধরণী, ধরণি [ dharaṇī, dharaṇi ] n the earth, the world. ̃তল n. the surface of the earth. ̃ধর n. the lord of the earth; a king; a mountain. ̃পতি, ̃পাল n. a king. ̃পৃষ্ঠ same as ধরণীতল । ̃মন্ডল n. the terrestrial globe; the whole earth.

ধরতা [ dharatā ] n (comm.) an extra amount given by the seller to the buyer to guard against any possible shortage during weighing; a word or words sung by the leading singer used as a cue for an asso ciate singer or singers of a chorus song.

ধরতাই [ dharatāi ] a that which is generally known to be true, that which is taken for granted; fixed, ascertained.

ধরতি [ dharati ] n (comm.) an extra amount given by the seller to the buyer to guard against any possible shortage during weighing.

ধরন [ dharana ] n manner, method, way (কাজের ধরন); condition, state, (রোগীর ধরন); working, behaviour (মুখের ধরন); ap pearance, look, cut (পোশাকের ধরন); the style, fashion (লোকটার ধরন সন্দেহজনক); bearing, deportment (লোকটার ধরন সন্দেহজনক) n. pl. or collec. form of ধরন ।

ধরনা [ dharanā ] n act of lying obstinately at one's door or at the temple of a deity solicit ing or imploring something. ধরনা দেওয়া n. to lie obstinately at one's door or at the temple of a deity soliciting or im ploring something.

ধরপাকড় [ dharapākaḍ় ] n extensive or collective arrests (as by the police); insistent solicitation (চাকরির জন্য ধরপাকড়) ধরপাকড় করা v. to arrest extensively or collectively, to round up; to solicit insistently.

ধরা¹ [ dharā¹ ] n the earth, the world. ̃তল n. the surface or floor of the earth; the ground (মূর্ছিত হয়ে ধরাতলে পতন). ̃ধর n. a mountain. ̃ধাম n. earthly abode; the earth as an abode; the earth, the world. ̃পতি n. a king. ̃পৃষ্ঠ same as ধরাতল । ̃ভৃত্ n. a mountain. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. the ground or the floor of the earth as bed, the bed of the earth or ground. ̃শায়ী a. lying prostrate on the ground; floored, knocked down.

ধরা² [ dharā² ] v to hold with the hand (বইখানা ধরো); to catch (বলটা ছুড়ে দিচ্ছি-ধরো); to hold, to seize; to take (এই ভিক্ষা দিলাম-ধরো); to touch (চোর-চোর খেলায় বুড়ি ধরা, বাচ্ছাটা যেন গরম দুধটা না ধরে); to reach (হাত দিয়ে চাঁদ ধরা); to overtake (যতই জোরে যাও-তোমাকে ধরব); to ar rest, to apprehend, to capture (চোর ধরা); to entrap, to catch (বাঘ ধরা, মাছ ধরা); to restrain, to check; to hold (পাখিটাকে ধরো নইলে পালিয়ে যাবে); to contain, to hold, to accommodate (পাত্রে জল ধরা, ঘরে লোক ধরা); to bear (গাছে ফল ধরা); to carry, to bear (গর্ভে ধরা); to cherish (অন্তরে উচ্চাশা ধরা); to wear, to put on (বেশ ধরা); to assume (মূর্তি ধরা); to take to, to resort to (লাঠি ধরা); to be obstinate about (গোঁ ধরা); to take up (অস্ত্র ধরা); to follow (পথ ধরা); to give support to (লোকটিকে ধরো নইলে পড়ে যাবে); to attack (ডাকাতে ধরা, রোগে ধরা); to affect or infect (চোখে চালশে ধরা, যক্ষায় ধরা); to ache (মাথা ধরা); to be benumbed (দাঁড়িয়ে থেকে থেকে পা ধরা); to infest or attack or damage or contact (পোকায় ধরা, মরচে ধরা); to ac cept, to take in (ছবিতে রং ধরা); to act upon successfully, to work (ওষুধ ধরা); to start practising (জুয়াচুরি ধরা); to be accustomed or addicted to (নেশা ধরা); to be under the influence of (নেশায় ধরা); to be stricken or affected with (শীতে বা ভয়ে ধরা); to catch or board or embark (তিনি মুম্বই থেকে জাহাজ ঝরবেন); to be in time to catch (এখন না গেলে ট্রেন ধরতে পারব না); to stop at, to touch (এ স্টেশনে মেল ট্রেন ধরে না); to terminate, to cease (বৃষ্টি ধরা); to commence, to begin, to start (গান ধরা); to find out, to detect (ভূল ধরা); to impose or assess (ট্যাক্স ধরা); to charge or fix or ascertain (দাম ধরা); to pronounce, to utter (ঈশ্বরের নাম ধরা); to declare, to stake or bet or bid (বাজি ধরা); to insist upon, to beseech (অনেক ধরে-করে); to sustain, to preserve, to maintain (প্রাণ করা); to run hoarse, to choke (ঠাম্ডায় গলা ধরা); to grasp, to make out, to understand, to comprehend (কথার অর্থ ধরা); to deter mine or discern (কার লেখা ধরা শক্ত); to take fire, to ignite (উনুন ধরা); to catch fire (আগুনের কাছ থেকে সরে যাও-কাপড় ধরে যাবে); to be set on (ঘরে আগুন ধরা); to adopt (সেলিম জাহাঙ্গির নাম ধরলেন); to test (পড়া ধরা); to be pleasing or ac ceptable to (মনে ধরা); to turn (চুলে পাক ধরা); to be under, to contact (টান ধরা); to count, to consider, to regard (মানুষের মধ্যে ধরা); to pay heed to, to listen to (আমার কথা ধরো); to be overfried or overdone (তরকারিটা ধরে গেছে) ☐ a. held; caught; seized; arrested, apprehended, captured; entrapped; contained; re served or kept in a container; aching; terminated, ceased; commenced, started; found out, detected; seen through (চালাকি ধরা পড়েছে); declared or bidden; fixed or ascertained; run hoarse or choked; ignited; tested; one who or that which holds or catches (মাছ-ধরা জাল). ধরা-ছোঁয়া n. proximity; reach; tangibility; (fig.) comprehension or detection. ধরা-ছোঁয়ার বাইরে distant; beyond reach; intangible; (fig.) incom prehensible or beyond detection. ধরা ছোঁয়ার মধ্যে proximate; within reach; tan gible; (fig.) comprehensible or detect able. ধরানো v. to cause to hold or catch or seize or arrest or apprehend or en trap or contain or accommodate or wear or assume or take to or resort to or follow or take up or be attacked or ache or be dazed or be benumbed or contact or accept or work successfully or be accustomed to or addicted to or practise or board or embark or be in time to catch or terminate or com mence or find out or detect or declare or bid or buy a ticket of or lie obsti nately at or charge or fix or ascertain or run hoarse or choke or ignite or be set or adopt or test or be pleasing or acceptable to or turn or be under; to set to (ঘরে আগুন ধরানো). ̃ধরি n. persistent request; importunities; insistent solici tation; rounding up, arrests. ̃বাঁধা a. rigidly fixed; hard and fast; rigid; fixed.

ধরাকাট [ dharākāṭa ] n stringency; bindings.

ধরাট [ dharāṭa ] n (comm.) discount.

ধরিত্রী [ dharitrī ] n the earth; the world.

ধরিয়ে [ dhariẏē ] a. & n (used as a sfx.) one who holds or catches or captures.

ধর্তব্য [ dhartabya ] a worthy of being taken into con sideration, countable.

ধর্ম [ dharma ] n religion, faith, creed; piety, virtue (অহিংসা পরম ধর্ম); scriptural laws or directions (ধর্মসম্মত); a form of wor ship (তান্ত্রিক ধর্ম); theology (ধর্মগ্রন্হ); natural quality or behaviour or disposi tion, property or function (মানবধর্ম, কালধর্ম, আগুনের ধর্ম); virtuousness, righteousness, morality (ধর্মহীন আচরণ); law (ধর্মপত্নী); justice (ধর্মাধিকরণ); holi ness, sacredness (ধর্মের সংসারে পাপ); Yama (যম) the god of piety and death; a popular god of Bengal (ধর্মঠাকুর); chastity (স্ত্রীলোকের ধর্মনাশ); (astrol.) the ninth house from the house of birth in the zodiac. ধর্মে সওয়া v. (of a sin, mis deed etc.) to be tolerated by God or the Divine Judge. ধর্মের কল বাতাসে নড়ে, ধর্মের ঢাক আপনি বাজে (fig.) truth cannot be kept concealed, truth must come out; the irrevocable rod of Nemesis is sure to strike in course of time. ধর্মের ষাঁড় (fig.) a wildly wayward man al lowed to move scotfree. ধর্মের সংসার a family practising virtue, a pious fam ily. ধর্ম-অর্থ-কাম-মোক্ষ n the four princi pal aims of human life; piety, wealth, love or fulfilment of desire, and salvation of the soul. ̃কন্যা n. fem. one solemnly accepted as a daughter by a person other than one's parents; (loos.) a god-daughter. ধর্ম-কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. reli gious practices (esp. as enjoined by scriptures). ̃কাম a. desirous of attain ing virtue through religious practices. ̃কৃত্য, ̃ক্রিয়া same as ধর্মকর্ম । ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a holy or consecrated place, a place of pilgrimage. ̃গত a. pious, virtuous; concerning or pertaining to religion, religious. ̃গতপ্রাণ a. having one's life devoted to religion or piety; very reli gious-minded; profoundly or deeply pious. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a holy book or text, a scripture; a religious book; a theologi cal treatise. ̃ঘট n. (ori.) a religious practice consisting in giving away pitchers filled with holy water; (pol. & pop.) cessation of work as a means of putting pressure on employers, a strike. ধর্মঘটকালীন ভাতা strike-pay. ধর্মঘটী n. (pol.) a striker. ˜চক্র n. the four laws or directives of Buddha conducive to at taining final salvation. ̃চর্চা n. reli gious discussion or practice. ̃চর্যা n. observance of religious rules and rites, religious practice; practice of virtue. ̃চারী a. observant of religious rules and rites, devoted to religious practices; virtuous, pious. ̃চিন্তা n. reli gious meditation; spiritual meditation; theological meditation; theology. ̃চ্যুত same as ধর্মভ্রষ্টা । ̃জ a. legitimately born. ̃জিজ্ঞাসা n. religious inquiry; spiritual inquiry. ̃জিজ্ঞাসু a. seeking af ter or inquisitive about religious or spiritual truths. ̃জীবন n. religious or spiritual life; pious or virtuous life; ecclesiastical life. ̃জ্ঞ a. conversant with religious rules and duties; conver sant with religion; pious, virtuous, reli gious. ̃জ্ঞান n. religious knowledge; religious-mindedness; deep sense of piety. ̃ঠাকুর n. a popular god of Ben gal named Dharma (ধর্ম). ̃তা adv. in the eye of righteousness or piety; ac cording to or conforming to righteous ness, piously. ̃তত্ত্ব n the mysteries of religion; theology; theosophy, a reli gious doctrine. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. one conver sant with the mysteries of religion; a theologian; one conversant with a reli gious doctrine. ̃তত্ত্বীয় a. concerning the mysteries of religion, religious; theological; concerning a religious doctrine. ̃ত্যাগ n. abandonment of one's religion, adoption of another reli gion, apostasy. ধর্মত্যাগ করা v. to aban don one's religion, to adopt another re ligion. ☐ n. an apostate, a renegade. ̃দ্বেষী, ̃দ্রোহী a. revolting against or hostile to religion; irreligious; impious; ungodly. fem. ধর্মদ্বেষিণী, ধর্মদ্রোহিণী । ̃দ্রোহ, ̃দ্রোহিতা n. revolt against or hos tility towards religion; irreligion; impi ety; ungodliness. ̃ধ্বজী a. simulating piety or virtuousness; sanctimonious; hypocritical. ☐ n. one simulating piety or virtuousness, a religious imposter. ̃নাশ n. ravishment of a woman's chas tity, rape; profanation or defilement of one's religion or idol. ধর্মনাশ করা v. to ravish or outrage one's chastity, to rape; to profane or defile one's religion or idol. ̃নিন্দা n. disparagement of reli gion; blasphemy. ধর্মের নিন্দা করা v. to disparage religion; to blaspheme. ̃নিরপেক্ষ a. irrespective of creed (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ বিচার); secular (ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ রাষ্ট্র). ̃নির্দিষ্ট a. enjoined by religion; en joined by scriptures, scriptural. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. devoted to religion or religious prac tices; pious, virtuous, righteous. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. devotion to religion or religious practices; piety, virtuousness, righ teousness. ̃নীতি n. a religious prin ciple or principles; a principle or prin ciples of virtue; a moral principle or principles; ethics. ̃পত্নী n. a lawful wife; a lawfully married wife. ̃পথ n. the path of virtue or piety. ধর্মপথে থাকা v. to follow the path of virtue or piety, to practise virtue or piety; to walk in the presence of God. ̃পর, ̃পরায়ণ same as ধর্মনিষ্ঠ । ̃পাল n. a defender of religion; (Christ.) a bishop. ̃পালক n. one who observes religious rites and practices; a defender of religion or faith. ̃পালন n. observance of religious rites and practices; defence of religion. ̃পিতা n. one solemnly accepted as fa ther by a person other than one's chil dren; (loos.) a godfather. ̃পিপাসা n. a strong desire for learning religious truths, thirst for religion. ̃পিপাসু a. de sirous of learning religious truths, thirsty of religion. ̃পুত্র, (coll. corrup.) ̃পুত্তুর n. (loos.) a godson; a son of Yama (যম) the god of piety; an appellation of Yudhisthira of the Mahabharata; (sarcas.) one who poses to be a profoundly pious or truthful man; sanctimonious. ধর্মপুত্র যুধিষ্ঠির (sarcas.) a profoundly pious or truthful man, a sanctimonious person. ̃পুস্তক same as ধর্মগ্রন্হ । ̃প্রচার n. preaching of religion; religious preaching or propa ganda; evangelization; evangelism. ধর্মপ্রচার করা v. to preach religion; to evangelize. ̃প্রচারক a. preaching reli gion; evangelizing. ☐ n. a religious preacher; an evangelist. ̃প্রধান a. chiefly guided by religion or religious principles; religious-minded, devout. ̃প্রবক্তা n. a prophet. ̃প্রবণ a. having propensity towards religion; religious minded. ̃প্রবনতা n. leaning towards re ligion; religious-mindednesss. ̃প্রবর্তক n. the founder of a religion. ̃প্রাণ a. counting or regarding religion as pre cious as one's life; profoundly devout. ̃প্রাণতা n. act of counting religion as precious as one's life; profound de voutness. ̃বন্ধন n. the bond of religion; a sacred or solemn bond or tie; the holy bondage of being members of the same religious community. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend or servant of religion; a friend or helper in religious matters. ̃বল n. force of piety or virtuousness. ̃বাণী n. a word or teaching of religion; a holy word; an evangel, a gospel. ̃বিধান, ̃বিধি n. a religious law or rule; a sa cred law; a scriptural injunction or pre scription. ̃বিপ্লব n. a revolution in the world of religion; a great religious change, a religious revolution. ̃বিরুদ্ধ, ̃বিরোধী a. hostile to religion or piety; irreligious or impious, ungodly. ̃বিশ্বাস n. a religious faith, a creed; faith in re ligion. ̃বিশ্বাসী a. having faith in a par ticular religion or creed; following a particular creed; having faith in reli gion; virtuous, pious, godly. ̃বুদ্ধি n. virtuous or pious or just thought or in tention; conscientiousness, conscion ableness; good conscience. ̃বৃদ্ধ n. a religious or ecclesiastical elder; a member of a priesthood, a father. ̃ভয় n. fear of God; religious qualm. ̃ভগিনী n. one solemnly accepted as a sister by a person other than one's brother or sister; a female disciple of the same teacher; a member of a sisterhood, a nun, a sister. ̃ভাই coll. form of ধর্মভ্রাতা । ̃ভীরু a. God-fearing. ̃ভীরুতা n. God-fearing conduct or nature. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. gone astray from the religious or righteous course; fallen from one's re ligious belief. ̃ভ্রাতা n. one solemnly accepted as a brother by a person other than one's brother or sister; a disciple of the same teacher or preceptor; a member of a brotherhood or sect or faith; a brother. ̃মঙ্গল n. a long poem narrating the glory of Dharmathakur (ধর্মঠাকুর). ̃মত n. a religious tenet or doctrine. ̃মন্দির n. a house of worship, a temple, a shrine. ̃ময় a. full of piety; devout or pious. ̃মা, ̃মাতা n. one sol emnly accepted as mother by a person other than one's child. ̃মূলক a. con cerning religion, religious. ̃যাজক n. an ecclesiastic; a clergyman; a priest. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a war for the cause of religion, (cp.) a crusade, a holy war. ̃যোদ্ধা n. one fighting for the cause of religion, (cp.) a crusader; a holy warrior. ̃রক্ষা n. de fence of religion; preservation of one's religion or piety; preservation of chas tity (স্ত্রীলোকের ধর্মরক্ষা). ̃রাজ n. the lord of justice; an appellation of Yudhisthira of the Mahabharata or that of Yama (যম) or Dharmathakur (ধর্মঠাকুর) or Bud dha. ̃রাজ্য n. a state or kingdom admin istered with scrupulous justice, a realm of justice; a state or kingdom founded on religion or piety, a holy state. ̃রাষ্ট্র n. a theocratic state. ̃লক্ষণ n. any one of the (ten) characteristic signs of piety or virtuousness. ̃লোপ n. destruction or extinction of religion or piety; profana tion of one's religion; ravishment of (a woman's) chastity. ̃শালা n. a guesthouse where pilgrims and travel lers are accommodated temporarily at a low cost or free of cost; (ori.) a court of justice. ̃শাসন n. a religious or scrip tural edict; administration of justice; lawful judgment; rule of the ecclesias tics, theocracy. ̃শাস্ত্র n. scripture. ̃শাস্ত্রব্যবসায়ী n. a dealer in religious books and scriptures; an expounder and teacher of scriptures, a scribe. ̃শাস্ত্রানুমত a. conforming to or as prescribed by scriptures. ̃শিক্ষক n. a religious teacher or preceptor. ̃শিক্ষা n. religious educa tion or teaching. ̃শীল a. pious, virtu ous. ̃সংস্কার n. religious reformation; a holy sacrament. ̃সংস্কারক n. a religious reformer. ̃সংস্হাপন n. introduction or founding of a religion; firm establish ment of a religion; rejuvenation or rein forcement or restoration of a religion. ̃সংহিতা n. a religious code, a book of holy laws. ̃সংগত same as ধর্মসম্মত । ̃সংগীত n. a devotional song or hymn, a psalm. ̃সভা n. a religious gathering or congress or convention or congregation or society. ̃সম্প্রদায় n. a religious com munity, a religious group or sect. ̃সম্মত a. conforming to the rules and prescrip tion of religion or piety; pious, virtu ous; rightful; just. ̃সাক্ষী a. having or claiming the god of piety as witness. ☐ n. an oath in the name of the god of pi ety. ধর্মসাক্ষী করে বলা to take an oath in the name of God, to take a solemn oath. ̃সাধন n. practice of virtue or re ligion. ̃হানি same as ধর্মনাশ । ̃হীন a. godless, ungodly, irreligious, impious; blasphemous. ̃হীনতা n. ungodliness; impiety.

ধর্মাত্মা [ dharmātmā ] a profoundly virtuous or pious, godly.

ধর্মাধর্ম [ dharmādharma ] n virtue and vice, piety and sin; right and wrong. ̃বিচারশূন্য a. not dis criminating between right and wrong, regardless of right and wrong; (loos.) unscrupulous.

ধর্মাধিকরণ, ধর্মাধিষ্ঠান [ dharmādhikaraṇa, dharmādhiṣṭhāna ] n a court of justice; a judge.

ধর্মাধিকার [ dharmādhikāra ] n authority to act as a judge; jurisdiction of a judge; judgeship.

ধর্মাধিকারী [ dharmādhikārī ] n a judge.

ধর্মাধ্যক্ষ [ dharmādhyakṣa ] n an official superintendent of matters concerning religion; a religious head; a chief justice.

ধর্মানুষ্ঠান [ dharmānuṣṭhāna ] n performance of a religious or scriptural rite; rituals; practice of vir tue; an act of piety. ধর্মানুষ্ঠাতা n. a per former of a rite; a ritualist; a virtuous or pious man. fem. ধর্মানুষ্ঠাত্রী ।

ধর্মান্তর [ dharmāntara ] n another religion, a different re ligion. ̃গ্রহণ n. adoption of or conver sion to a different religion. ধর্মান্তর গ্রহণ করা v. to adopt a different religion, to be converted to a different religion. ধর্মান্তরিত a. converted to a different reli gion. fem. ধর্মান্তরিতা । ধর্মান্তরিত ব্যক্তি n. a religious convert. ধর্মান্তরীকরণ n. conver sion to a different faith or religion, proselytism.

ধর্মান্দোলন [ dharmāndōlana ] n a religious or theological movement; a religious or theological discussion or consideration; (loos. but pop.) a religious or theological dispute or agitation.

ধর্মান্ধ [ dharmāndha ] a fanatical, fanatic; bigoted. ধর্মান্ধ ব্যক্তি a fanatic; a bigot. ̃তা n. fanati cism; bigotry.

ধর্মাবতার [ dharmābatāra ] n virtue or piety or justice in carnate (used in addressing a judge, a king, a patron etc.).

ধর্মাবলম্বন [ dharmābalambana ] n practising a religion; adop tion of a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বন করা v. to practise or follow a religion or creed; to adopt a religion. ধর্মাবলম্বী a. follow ing or practising a religion. fem. ধর্মাবলম্বিনী ।

ধর্মারণ্য [ dharmāraṇya ] n hermitage.

ধর্মার্জন [ dharmārjana ] n acquisition of virtue or piety. ধর্মার্জন করা v. to acquire virtue or piety.

ধর্মার্থ [ dharmārtha ] n virtue or piety and wealth. ☐ adv. for the sake of religion or faith. ধর্মার্থে same as ধর্মার্থ (adv.).

ধর্মালয় [ dharmālaẏa ] n a temple; a place of worship.

ধর্মাসন [ dharmāsana ] n a judgment-seat, a seat of jus tice; the bench.

ধর্মিষ্ঠ [ dharmiṣṭha ] a profoundly pious or virtuous or righteous. fem. ধর্মিষ্ঠা ।

ধর্মী [ dharmī ] a (chiefly used as a sfx.) having a particular property or quality (ক্ষারধর্মী, হাঁ-ধর্মী); (rare) pious, virtuous.

ধর্মীয় [ dharmīẏa ] a religious, pertaining to, relating to or concerning religion (ধর্মীয় অনুষ্ঠান, ধর্মীয় উপদেশ) ।

ধর্মোন্নতি [ dharmōnnati ] n advancement of religion.

ধর্মোন্মত্ত [ dharmōnmatta ] a having a religious craze; fa natical.

ধর্মোন্মাদ [ dharmōnmāda ] n religious craze; fanaticism; a religious fanatic.

ধর্মোপদেশ [ dharmōpadēśa ] n religious instruction; a ser mon. ধর্মোপদেশ দেওয়া v. to impart reli gious instruction; to sermonize.

ধর্মোপদেশক, ধর্মোপদেষ্টা [ dharmōpadēśaka, dharmōpadēṣṭā ] a imparting reli gious instruction; sermonizing. ☐ n. a religious instructor; a semonizer.

ধর্মোপাসক [ dharmōpāsaka ] a devoted to or following a re ligion. ☐ n. a devotee (of a religion).

ধর্মোপাসনা [ dharmōpāsanā ] n religious worship or prayer. ধর্মোপাসনা করা v. to observe religious rites; to pray.

ধর্মোপাসিকা [ dharmōpāsikā ] fem of ধর্মোপাসক ।

ধর্ম্য [ dharmya ] a virtuous, righteous; rightful, just; lawful; rightfully or lawfully ob tained.

ধর্ষ, ধর্ষণ [ dharṣa, dharṣaṇa ] n oppression; act of forcing; ravishment, outrage; rape; subdual; act of defeating. ধর্ষণ করা v. to oppress; to force; to ravish, to outrage; to rape; to subdue; to defeat. ধর্ষক a. & n. one who or that which oppresses or forces or ravishes or outrages or subdues or de feats. ধর্ষীয় a. fit to be or capable of be ing oppressed or forced or ravished or outraged or subdued or defeated. fem. ধর্ষণীয়া ।

ধর্ষিত [ dharṣita ] a oppressed; forced; ravished, out raged; raped; subdued; defeated. fem. ধর্ষিতা ।

ধলা [ dhalā ] a (usu. dial.) white, fair, fair-com plexioned.

ধস¹ [ dhasa¹ ] int expressing a falling sound as of a landslip.

ধস² [ dhasa² ] n a landslip.

ধসকা [ dhasakā ] a that which may easily come down, loose (ধসকা মাটি); hanging loosely; easily indisposed, unfit for hard work (ধসকা শরীর). ধসকানো v. to become so loose that it may come down (নদীর পাড় ধসকেছে); to become weak or enfeebled (শরীর ধসকানো).

ধসা [ dhasā ] v to come off and fall down (নদীর পাড় ধসা); to collapse (বাড়ির পাঁচিল ধসা); to weaken or deteriorate (রোগে শরীর ধসা). ☐ a. that which has come off and fallen down; collapsed; weak ened or deteriorated. ধসানো v. to cause to come off and fall down; to loosen and throw down; to cause to collapse; to make weak or to impair.

ধস্তাধস্তি [ dhastādhasti ] n 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.

ধা¹ [ dhā¹ ] n (mus.) the natural B sound; the sixth note in the Indian musical gamut.

ধা² [ dhā² ] sfx meaning: ways, means etc. fold (শতধা, বহুধা).

ধাই, ধাই-মা [ dhāi, dhāi-mā ] n nurse; nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a midwife; a foster-mother.

ধাউড় [ dhāuḍ় ] n a swindler, a crook, a cheat.

ধাউড়ে [ dhāuḍ়ē ] n an errand-boy, a fast messen ger.

ধাওড়া [ dhāōḍ়ā ] n an accommodation or mud-built quarters usually for labourers.

ধাওয়া [ dhāōẏā ] v 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.

ধাঁ [ dhā ] int expressing: suddenness ধাঁ করে জ্বলে ওঠা or quickness (ধাঁ করে কাজ শেষ করা) or noisy abruptness (ধাঁ করে ঝাপ ফেলা). ধাঁ করে adv. suddenly; quickly; abruptly with a noise; straightway.

ধাঁচ, ধাঁচা [ dhān̐ca, dhān̐cā ] n shape, form, cut; type, man ner, pattern; semblance of shape.

ধাঁধা [ dhān̐dhā ] n dazzlement of sight; optical illu sion; confusion, bewilderment, daze; an intricate problem; a riddle, a puzzle; a maze; a tricky but interesting ques tion or problem, a poser. ☐ v. (usu. in poet.) to dazzle the sight of, to have one's sight dazzled, to daze. ধাঁধাঁর উত্তর the solution of a puzzle. ধাঁধাঁ দেওয়া v. to give a puzzle for solution; to hood wink; to confound; to bamboozle. ধাঁধা লাগা v. to have one's sight dazzled; to be dazed; to be confused or puzzled. ধাঁধা লাগানো v. to daze the sight of; to daze; to confound; to bewilder, to puzzle; to hoodwink; to dazzle. ধাঁধানো same as ধাঁধা লাগানো

ধাক্কা [ dhākkā ] n a push, a shove; a driving force or action (বাতাসের ধাক্কা); an impact, a collision (ট্রেনে ট্রেনে ধাক্কা); pressure or attack (কাজের ধাক্কা, রোগের ধাক্কা); a shock (মনে ধাক্কা লাগা). ধাক্কা খাওয়া v. to be shocked; to be pushed or shoved; to get or receive a jolt; to be driven on; to collide or dash against; to be impeded or hindered usu. suddenly, to get a set back (তার ব্যাবসা ধাক্কা খেয়েছে). ধাক্কা দেওয়া v. to give a push, to push, to shove; to collide or dash against; to shock; to impede or hinder usu. suddenly, to check progress of. ধাক্কা লাগা v. to have a collision; to dash or collide against; to be shoved or pushed, to be shocked; to get a set-back. ̃ধাক্কি n. mutual or continuous pushing or shoving or el bowing. ধাক্কানো v. to push, to shove; to elbow.

ধাঙর [ dhāṅara ] n a sweeper (by caste or trade).

ধাড়ি [ dhāḍ়i ] n. fem a dam of beasts (ধাড়ি ও বাচ্চা); (chiefly hum.) a mother of many children. ☐ n. (usu. masc.) (dero.) a leader or ringleader (চোরের ধাড়ি); (dero.) a grown-up person or child (ধাড়ির বায়নাও সবই নাকি?). ☐ a. grown up. (ধাড়ি ছেলে); inveterate (ধাড়ি শয়তান).

ধাত [ dhāta ] n mettle, temperament, disposition, spirit, nature (লোকের ধাত বুঝে চলা); (physiol.) any of the four fluids of the body, humour (সর্দির ধাত); pulse (ধাত ছেড়ে যাওয়া); semen, seed (ধাতের রোগ). ধাত ছেড়ে যাওয়া failing of pulse, stop ping of heart beats; to be in a state of collapse. ধাতের রোগ spermatorrhoea; (loos.) gonorrhoea. ̃সহ a. in accor dance or agreement with bodily condi tion or constitution or temperament or nature. ̃স্হ a. one who is enjoying or has regained one's mental calm, in a state of composure; one who is in his humour; one who has come round or recovered; acclimatized, accustomed.

ধাতব [ dhātaba ] a of or made of or caused by metal, metallic; mineral; (rare) con cerning semen. ধাতব দ্যুতি metallic lus tre. ধাতব প্রস্রবণ a mineral spring. ধাতব ব্যাধি a. disease or disorder of semen, spermatorrhoea; (loos.) gonorrhoea.

ধাতা [ dhātā ] n God; Brahma (ব্রহ্মা); father. ☐ a & n. one who contains or bears or pro tects or creates or builds.

ধাতানি [ dhātāni ] n a sound scolding; reprimand. ধাতানো v. to scold soundly, to repri mand, to take somebody to task se verely.

ধাতু [ dhātu ] n a metal; a mineral; mettle (লোকটি শক্ত ধাতুতে গড়া); temperament, disposi tion (শিল্পিদের ধাতুই আলাদা); (physiol.) any one of the four constituent fluids of the body, a humour; semen, sperm (ধাতুদৌর্বল্য); any one of the principal constituents of the physical world (namely, earth, water, fire, air, and at mosphere), an element; (gr.) a verbal root. অবরধাতু a base metal. বরধাতু a noble metal. ̃কল্প a. metalloid. ̃ক্ষয় n. (passive) loss of seminal fluid, seminal emission; (rare) abrasion of metal. ̃গত a. temperamental; constitutional, characteristic; seminal; (rare) metallic. ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with minerals or metals, mineral; (of a Buddhist temple) containing the remains of a holy person's corpse. ̃ঘটিত a. of or made of metal, metallic; mineral; (of medicine) having metal as a constituent; concern ing semen. ̃দৌর্বল্য n. spermatorrhoea. ̃দ্রাবক n. borax. ̃নিঃস্রব n. a flowing out of molten metal, lava; a flowing out of semen. ̃পাত্র n. a metal vessel. ̃পোষক a. nourishing, nutritive. ̃বল্লভ n. borax. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. metallurgy. ̃বিদ n. metallurgist. ̃ময় a. full of or made of or impregnated with metal, metallic or mineral. ̃মল n. rust. ̃মাক্ষিক n. sulphate of iron or pyrite. ̃রূপ n. conjugation. ̃লেপন n. plating.

̃ধাত্রী [ ̃dhātrī ] n 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 wet nurse. ̃বিদ্যা n. midwifery. ধাত্রীবিদ্যা বিশারদ n. a midwife, a gynaecologist and obstetrician.

ধাত্রীয় [ dhātrīẏa ] n a nurse-mother; a wet-nurse; a foster-mother, a midwife; a nurse.

ধান [ dhāna ] n 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 indif ferent or scant education. ধান নেড়ে দেওয়া v. to re-sow or transplant paddy shoots 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 impos sible 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).

ধানশ্রী, ধানশি [ dhānaśrī, dhānaśi ] n an Indian musical mode.

ধানাইপানাই [ dhānāipānāi ] n irrelevant talk or excuse.

ধানি [ dhāni ] a green as unripe paddy, paddy green (ধানি রং); very small, puny (ধানি লঙ্কা); containing or yielding paddy (ধানি জমি). ধানি মদ wine of inferior quality distilled from rice.

ধানী [ dhānī ] n (used chiefly as a sfx.) a place or residence or seat (রাজধানী) ।

ধানুকি, ধানুষ্ক [ dhānuki, dhānuṣka ] n a bowman, an archer; a soldier fighting with bow and arrow. ☐ a. versed in archery; armed with bow and arrow.

ধান্দা, ধান্ধা [ dhāndā, dhāndhā ] n dazzlement of sight; optical illusion; confusion, dazed condition; search (চাকরির ধান্দা, টাকার ধান্দা); cause of demand (পেটের ধান্ধা). ̃বাজ a. too self-seeking and opportunist. ☐ n. a self-seeker and opportunist.

ধান্যক, ধান্যাক [ dhānyaka, dhānyāka ] n coriander; coriander seed.

ধান্যম্ল [ dhānyamla ] n acetic acid.

ধান্যেশ্বরী [ dhānyēśbarī ] n (facet. & dero.) an inferior wine prepared from rice, rice-grog (coll. ধেনো).

ধাপ [ dhāpa ] n a step (as of a staircase); a stra tum; a leap (দৌড়ধাপ). ধাপে ধাপে at every step; step by step; in a stratified manner; by degrees.

ধাপধাড়া গোবিন্দপুর [ dhāpadhāḍ়ā gōbindapura ] n (facet. or dero.) an obscure, contemptible and remote place, an out-of-the-way place.

ধাপা [ dhāpā ] n a low and usually marshy land where rubbish and filth are deposited (also ধাপার মাঠ).

ধাপ্পা [ dhāppā ] n a bluff, a hoax. ধাপ্পা দেওয়া v. to bluff, to hoax. ̃বাজ a. (given to) bluff ing or hoaxing. ☐ n. a bluffer or a hoaxer. ̃বাজি n. practice of bluffing or hoaxing. ধাপ্পাবাজি করা v. to practise bluffing or hoaxing; to bluff or hoax.

ধাবক [ dhābaka ] a one who runs or flies; one who cleanses or washes; used in cleaning or washing (ধাবক পদার্থ); carrying a mes sage or letter. ☐ n. a washerman; a run ner; a flier; a courier, a postal runner, a messenger.

ধাবড়া [ dhābaḍ়ā ] n an ugly extensive mark or im pression, an ugly patch. ☐ a. patchy and ugly (ধাবড়া দাগ).

ধাবড়ানো [ dhābaḍ়ānō ] v to scatter in an ugly patch; to overlay with an ugly patch. ☐ a. scat tered in or overlaid with an ugly patch.

ধাবন [ dhābana ] n act of running; a run; a race; flight; act of cleansing or washing. ̃পথ n. air-strip.

ধাবমান [ dhābamāna ] a rushing; running; flying; fleet ing.

ধাবিত [ dhābita ] a running; flying; fleeting; in flight; washed. ধাবিত করা v. to cause to run or fly; to wash. ধাবিত হওয়া v. to run or fly; to rush hastily, to take to one's heels; to wash or be washed.

ধাম [ dhāma ] n (mostly used as a sfx.) a dwelling-house, a residence, an abode (নিজধাম); an address (নামধাম); a place, a seat (শান্তিধাম); a holy place; a place of pil grimage (গয়াধাম); a repository (গুণধাম); a receptacle, a container.

ধামনিক [ dhāmanika ] a arterial; nervous.

ধামসানি [ dhāmasāni ] n thrashing; kneading with hands and feet.

ধামসানো [ dhāmasānō ] v to trample; to knead with hands and feet. ☐ a. trampled; kneaded with hands and feet.

ধামা [ dhāmā ] n 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 sy cophant or toady.

ধামার [ dhāmāra ] n an Indian musical measure or mode.

-ধার¹ [ -dhāra¹ ] a (used as a sfx.) holding or grip ping (কর্ণধার).

ধার² [ dhāra² ] n a stream or flow (অশ্রুধার).

ধার³ [ dhāra³ ] n an edge, a border, a brim, a brink, a brow (পথের ধার, নদীর ধার, পাহাড়ের ধার); a side or face (এধারে, ওধারে); proximity, approach, contigu ity, vicinity (বাড়ির ধারে, ধারেকাছে); sharpness, edge (ছুরির ধার); keenness (বুদ্ধির ধার); intelligence or wit; debt, loan (বাজারে অনেক ধার); credit (ধারে কেনা); concern, connection (ধার ধারা). ধার করা v. to borrow; to sharpen, to whet. ধার দেওয়া v. to lend; to sharpen, to whet. ধার ধারা v. to be indebted to, to have any concern with; to care for, to pay heed to. ধার হওয়া v. to be in debt. ধারে কেনা বা বেচা v. to buy or sell on credit. ধারে কেনা-বেচা buying and selling on credit. হয় ধারে কাটা নয় ভারে কাটা (fig.) to pass or be counted highly on account of merit or prestige and posi tion or weight and importance. ধারে ডোবা v. to be deeply involved in debt, to be over head and ears in debt.

ধারক [ dhāraka ] a. & n one who or that which holds or contains or bears or carries; one who assists and corrects a reader of scriptures at a ritual; one who makes another recite mantras, that is scrip tural verses; (an) astringent. ̃তা n. ca pacity; astringency. ̃ত্ব n. capacity.

ধারণ [ dhāraṇa ] n act of holding or catching; act of assuming (মূর্তিধারণ, নামাধারণ); act of putting on or wearing (বেশধারণ); act of bearing (শিরে পৃথিবী ধারণ); act of carry ing, carriage (গর্ভে ধারণ); act of carry ing in the womb (সন্তানধারণ); act of placing (মাথায় প্রসাদ ধারণ); act of re taining in mind, remembrance (উপদেশধারণ); acceptance; retention or restraint (মলমূত্রের বেগ ধারণ). ধারণ করা v. to hold, to catch; to assume; to wear, to put on; to bear; to carry; to carry in the womb; to place or put; to retain in the mind, to remember; to accept; to retain or restrain. ̃কারী same as ধারয়িতা ।

ধারণা [ dhāraṇā ] n conception; realization or com prehension; feeling or impression; sup position, surmise; a notion; an idea; belief or faith; remembrance or memory; intelligence; rapt attention. ধারণা করা v. to conceive; to realize or comprehend; to feel, to have an im pression (of); to suppose, to guess; to form or have an idea (of); to believe; to think. ̃তীত a. inconceivable; in comprehensible; (loos.) unthought of, unexpected. ̃শক্তি n. ability to con ceive an idea, power of comprehen sion; intelligence; retentive capacity or power.

ধারণীয় [ dhāraṇīẏa ] a capable of being or fit to be held or caught or assumed or worn or put on or borne or carried or placed or retained in the mind or accepted or re tained or restrained.

ধারয়িতা [ dhāraẏitā ] a one who or that which holds or catches or assumes or wears or puts on or bears or carries or places or re tains in one's memory or remembers or accepts or retains or restrains. ধারয়িত্রি a. fem. of ধারয়িতা । ☐ n. the earth (esp. when conceived as the progenitrix of all creatures).

ধারয়িষ্ণু [ dhāraẏiṣṇu ] a one who or that which holds or bears or carries or wears.

ধারা¹ [ dhārā¹ ] v to owe (টাকা ধারা); to have any connection or concern with (কারও বা কিছুর ধার ধারা).

ধারা² [ dhārā² ] n a stream, a flow (রক্তধারা, আলোকধারা); a current (স্রোতোধারা); a shower (বৃষ্টিধারা); a stream or shower of any liquid (জলধারা, নয়নধারা); a spring, a fountain, a waterfall, a cas cade (সহস্রধারা); a system, a method, a way (কাজের ধারা); a rule or go (জগতের বা দুনিয়ার ধারা); succession, serial, or der, train (চিন্তাধারা); fashion, manner (অমনধারা); (law) a clause or section (আইনের ধারা). বর্তমানের ধারা order of the day, prevailing state of things. ̃কদম্ব n. a kind of tree yielding beautiful flow ers of globular shape. ̃কারে adv. in or like a stream, streamingly; profusely in numerous streams. ̃ক্রমে adv. accord ing to system or method, systemati cally or methodically; according to rule; successively, serially. ̃গৃহ n. a bathroom fitted with a shower-bath. ̃ঙ্কুর n. a drop of water or rain; hail. ̃ধর n. the cloud. ̃নি n. a stream of water from above (as from a shower bath). ̃বর্ণনা n. running commentary of an event or a game. ̃বর্ষ, ̃বর্ষণ n. heavy and incessant rain or downpour. ̃বাহিক, ̃বাহী a. continuous; serial; successive. ̃বাহিকতা, ̃বাহিতা n. conti nuity; seriality; succession. ̃বাহিকক্রমে, ̃বাহিকভাবে adv. continuously; serially; successively. ̃বিবরণী, ̃ভাষ্য same as ধারাবর্ণনা । ̃মতো, ̃মতে adv. (law) ac cording to a particular section or clause of an act. ̃যন্ত্র n. a fountain; a syringe; a spraying apparatus; a shower-bath, a shower. ̃শ্রাবণ n. the month of Shravan (July-August) when there are heavy showers or when it rains heavily. ̃সম্পাত, ̃সার n. heavy and incessant rain; torrential rain or downpour.

ধারাপাত [ dhārāpāta ] n heavy and incessant rain; a book of arithmetical enumeration.

ধারানো [ dhārānō ] a sharp, sharp-edged; keen.

ধারি [ dhāri ] n a narrow verandah or gallery of a mud-built house; a brim, a margin, an edge, a brink.

ধারিণী [ dhāriṇī ] a. fem of ধারী² । ☐ n. fem. the earth.

ধারী² [ dhārī² ] a (chiefly used as a sfx.) holding, carrying, bearing, wearing, assuming (অস্ত্রধারী, বস্ত্রধারী).

ধারোষ্ণ [ dhārōṣṇa ] a (of milk esp. of bovine ani mals) lukewarm because of being drawn from the udder.

ধার্তরাষ্ট্র [ dhārtarāṣṭra ] n a son of King Dhritarashtra of the Mahabharata.

ধার্মিক [ dhārmika ] a pious, righteous, virtuous, godly; religious-minded. fem. (rare) ধার্মিকী, (loos. but pop.) ধার্মিকা । ̃তা n. piety, righteousness, virtuousness, godliness; religiosity.

ধার্য [ dhārya ] a (ori. but obs.) worth holding or bearing or putting on; (pop.) fixed, settled; (of taxes etc.) imposed. কর ধার্য করা to impose a tax. দিন ধার্য করা to fix a date. ̃মাণ a. that which is being fixed or settled or imposed.

ধার্ষ্টামি, ধার্ষ্ট্য [ dhārṣṭāmi, dhārṣṭya ] n impertinence, sauciness, pertness, insolence; knavery. ধার্ষ্টামি করা v. to behave impertinently; to be saucy or insolent; to behave knavishly.

ধিক [ dhika ] int fie.

ধিক্কার, ধিক্কার [ dhikkāra, dhikkāra ] n act of crying fie upon. ধিক্কার দেওয়া v. to cry fie upon, to hoot.

ধিক্কৃত, ধিক্কৃত [ dhikkṛta, dhikkṛta ] a hooted.

ধিকিধিকি [ dhikidhiki ] adv suppressedly and continu ously (ধিকিধিকি জ্বলা); burning continu ously in a suppressed manner, shim meringly (ধিকিধিকি করা). ☐ a. burning continuously in a suppressed manner, shimmering, smouldering (ধিকিধিকি আগুন).

ধিঙ্গি [ dhiṅgi ] a. fem wayward, self-willed, un disciplined, unruly, romping, unman nerly, immodest. ধিঙ্গি মেয়ে a wayward or somewhat wild or romping or un mannerly or immodest girl; a tomboy.

ধিনধিন, ধিন-তা-ধিন [ dhinadhina, dhina-tā-dhina ] int key-words indicat ing the measure of a dance.

ধী [ dhī ] n intellect; intelligence; cognition; comprehension; knowledge; wisdom; talent; aptitude. ̃মান a. intelligent; ca pable of comprehending, capable of quick appreciation; talented; having aptitude; wise. fem. ̃মতী । ̃শক্তি same as ধী । ̃শক্তিসম্পন্ন same as ধীমান ।

ধীবর [ dhībara ] n a fisherman (by trade or caste), a fisher. fem. ধীবরী n. a fisher-woman; a fishwife, a fish-woman.

ধীর [ dhīra ] a slow, tardy (ধীর গতি); unper turbed, calm, composed (ধীর মন); gentle or modest or mild (ধীরস্বভাব, ধীর বায়ু); grave (ধীরকন্ঠ); firm, steady (ধীর চিত্ত); judicious or considerate (ধীর ব্যক্তি). ̃তা n. slowness; unperturbed ness, calmness, composure; gentleness, modesty, mildness; graveness, gravity; firmness, steadiness; judiciousness, considerateness. ̃প্রকৃতি a. gentle or modest by nature. ̃প্রশান্ত n. (rhet.) a type of hero endowed with various good qualities. ̃ভাবে adv. slowly; mildly; gently; calmly. ̃ললিত n. (rhet.) a type of hero who is gentle by nature and of calm disposition and proficient in music and dance. ̃স্বভাব same as ধীরপ্রকৃতি । ̃স্হির a. calm and composed.

ধীরা [ dhīrā ] a. fem of ধীর । ☐ n. fem. (rhet.) a type of heroine whose anger is never exhibited. ̃ধীরা n. fem. (rhet.) a type of heroine whose anger or resentment is partially exhibited.

ধীরোদাত্ত [ dhīrōdātta ] n (rhet.) a type of hero who is calm and modest and is unmoved by reverses of fortune and who protects others.

ধীরোদ্ধত [ dhīrōddhata ] n (rhet.) a type of hero who is resourceful and usually gentle-natured but at times arrogant and vain.

ধুঁকনি [ dhun̐kani ] n a spell of panting for breath; pal pitation, throbbing.

ধুঁকা [ dhun̐kā ] v to pant or gasp for breath; to pal pitate, to throb (প্রাণ ধুঁকছে).

ধুকধুক, ধুকপুক [ dhukadhuka, dhukapuka ] int expressing: the sound of palpitating or throbbing. ধুকধুক করা, ধুকপুক করা v. to palpitate, to throb. ধুকধুকানি n. palpitation, throbbing.

ধুকধুকি [ dhukadhuki ] n a locket or pendent worn on the bosom in a necklace.

ধুচনি, ধুচুনি [ dhucani, dhucuni ] n a wicker-basket for wash ing rice, fish etc. ধুচনি-টুপি, ধুচুনি-টুপি n. a straw-hat shaped like a wicker-bas ket.

ধুত্ [ dhut ] int a sound expressing: repulsion, aversion, slight mistrust etc; sh, pish, psh, bosh.

ধুত [ dhuta ] a caused to tremble or quiver, shaken; sounded or played (as a stringed musical instrument); expelled; removed, driven away, scolded, repri manded.

ধুতরা, ধুতরো [ dhutarā, dhutarō ] n the thorn apple or its fruit or flower, the datura. ধুতরোর রস বা নির্যাস n. daturine.

ধুতি [ dhuti ] n a loincloth for men, dhoti, dhooti. থানধুতি see থান ।

ধূ-ধূ [ dhū-dhū ] int expressing: state of burning or flaming strongly (ধূ-ধূ করে জ্বলা); desolateness or voidance (মন ধূ-ধূ করা); vast expanse (ধূ-ধূ মাঠ).

ধুন [ dhuna ] n a light classical musical note usu ally played on an instrument.

ধুনচি [ dhunaci ] n an incense burner, an incenser, a censer, a thurible.

ধুনন [ dhunana ] n act of shaking; a shake; act of sounding or playing (as a stringed mu sical instrument); act of cleaning cot ton by shredding it with a bow or cot ton-gin, ginning and carding (cotton, wool etc.).

ধুনা¹ [ dhunā¹ ] n resin; incense.

ধুনা² [ dhunā² ] v to clean cotton by shredding it with a bow or a cotton-gin; (sl.) to give a sound drubbing.

ধুনারি [ dhunāri ] n one who cleans cotton by shredding with a bow or cotton-gin, a cotton-cleaner.

ধুনি¹ [ dhuni¹ ] n a (sacrificial) fire enkindled by ascetics.

ধুনি², ধুনী [ dhuni², dhunī ] n (chiefly used as a sfx.) a river সুরধুনী.

ধুন্দুল [ dhundula ] n a kitchen-vegetable cylindrical and tapering at both ends.

ধুন্ধুমার [ dhundhumāra ] n a mythological king famous for his valour; uproar, tumult; a tumultu ous or terrible affair. ☐ a. tumultuous or terrible (ধুন্ধুমার কান্ড).

ধুপ¹ [ dhupa¹ ] n sunlight, the sun.

ধুপচি [ dhupaci ] n an incense-burner, an incenser, a censer, a thurible, an incensory.

ধুপছায়া [ dhupachāẏā ] n a mixture of blue and light vio let, peacock-blue; (loos.) light-and-shade colour; (loos.) chiaroscuro. ☐ a. peacock-blue; (loos.) light-and-shade; (loos.) chiaroscuro.

ধুম [ dhuma ] n overmuchness, abundance, excess, wantonness, redundance, surfeit (গঙ্গাস্নানের ধুম, বিলাসিতার ধুম, বক্তৃতার ধুম); éclat, pomp (এবার পুজোয় বড় ধুম). ☐ a. terrible, hard, thick (ধুম মারামারি).

ধুমড়ি [ dhumaḍ়i ] n. fem a corpulent (and usu. lazy) woman.

ধুমধাড়াক্কা [ dhumadhāḍ়ākkā ] n great or tumultuous éclat or pomp.

ধুমধাম [ dhumadhāma ] n thud; tumult; pomp, grand pag eantry.

ধুম্ব, ধুম্বা [ dhumba, dhumbā ] a tall and corpulent, hefty. fem. ধুম্বি ।

ধুরন্ধর [ dhurandhara ] a bearing the yoke; very expert or efficient or adroit; leading, chief. ☐ n. such a person.

ধুরা [ dhurā ] n the shaft of a vehicle, a thill; a yoke; an axle, an axle-tree; (fig.) bur den, load.

ধুল [ dhula ] n a measure of land (=1/2 কাঠা); (poet. or dial.) dust.

ধুলট [ dhulaṭa ] n a spell or act of wallowing in the dust in ecstasy caused by singing de votional song, post-hymnic ecstatic wallowing in the dust.

ধুস্তুর, ধুস্তূর [ dhustura, dhustūra ] n the thorn-apple, the datura. ধুস্তুরী, ধুস্তূরী a. daturic, atropinic.

ধূপ [ dhūpa ] n resin, incense. ̃কাঠি n. incense burner, incense stick. ধূপচি alt. spell of ধুপচি । ̃ধুনো n. incense; incensing. ধূপন n. act of perfuming or fumigating with incense, incensing.

ধূপায়িত, ধূপিত [ dhūpāẏita, dhūpita ] a perfumed or fumigated with incense, incensed.

ধূম [ dhūma ] n smoke, fume, vapour, steam, gas; (loos.) mist, fog. ̃কুন্ডলী n. a ring or coil of smoke. ̃কেতু n. a comet. ̃নালী, ̃পথ n. a pipe or conduit for the escape of smoke, fume, vapour etc, a chimney; a fumarole. ̃নির্গম, ̃নির্গমন n. escape of smoke, vapour, gas etc. ̃পান n. smok ing (cigars, cigarettes etc.). ধূমপান করা v. to smoke (cigarettes etc.). ̃পায়ী a. addicted to smoking. ☐ n. a smoker. ̃বিহীন a. same as ধূমহীন । ̃ময় a. full of or made of smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc.; smoky, fumy, vapoury, gaseous; (loos.) misty, foggy. ধূমল n. the colour of smoke, the dark purple colour. ☐ a. smoke-coloured, dark purple. ̃হীন a. smokeless, free from vapour or smoke. ̃হীনতা n. smokelessness.

ধূমাকার [ dhūmākāra ] a shaped like or looking like smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc.

ধূমাকীর্ণ, ধূমাচ্ছন্ন [ dhūmākīrṇa, dhūmācchanna ] a covered with or envel oped in smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc.

ধূমায়মান [ dhūmāẏamāna ] a emitting smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc.; fuming; smouldering.

ধূমায়িত, ধূমিত [ dhūmāẏita, dhūmita ] a full of or emitting smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc.; fumi gated.

ধূমদ্গম [ dhūmadgama ] n discharge or emission of smoke, fume, gas etc.

ধূমদ্গার, ধূমোদ্গিরণ [ dhūmadgāra, dhūmōdgiraṇa ] n emission of smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc., ধূমোদ্গার করা v. to emit smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc.

ধূম্র [ dhūmra ] n. & a same as ধূমল (see ধূম). ☐ n. (inc.) smoke, fume, vapour, gas. ̃বর্ণ a. smoke-coloured, dark purple. ̃লোচন a. having dark purple eye.

ধূর্জটি [ dhūrjaṭi ] n a name of Shiva (শিব).

ধূর্ত [ dhūrta ] a sly; wily; knavish; deceitful. ☐ n. a trickster; a gamester; a knave; a cheat. ̃তা, ধূর্তামি n. slyness; wiliness; knavery; deception, deceit.

ধূসর [ dhūsara ] n the grey colour, the ash-colour. ☐ a. grey, ash-coloured, ashen, ashen grey, ashy. ধূসরাভ a. greyish. ধূপরিত a. made grey, greyed. ধূসরিমা n. greyness; the grey colour; greyishness.

ধৃত [ dhṛta ] a held; caught; arrested; taken; con tained (in); assumed; worn; (rare) quoted. ̃ব্রত a. one who has (firmly) taken a vow; determined, resolved. ধৃত হওয়া v. to be caught; to be arrested; to be apprehended.

ধৃতাত্মা [ dhṛtātmā ] a self-possessed. calm and col lected, not distracted.

ধৃতাস্ত্র [ dhṛtāstra ] a armed, in arms.

ধৃতি [ dhṛti ] n act of holding, catching, wearing, assuming, bearing or containing; con ception; impression; a notion; an idea; patience; self-possession; compla cence; satisfaction, content; persever ance, persistence. ̃বিন্দু n. a point of support. ̃মান a. patient; self-pos sessed; complacent; content; persever ing. ̃হোম n. a sacramental sacrifice done at a wedding.

ধৃষ্ট [ dhṛṣṭa ] a arrogant, haughty, insolent; imper tinent, audacious, saucy, pert, (coll.) cheeky; talkative; garrulous; impudent. shameless; lascivious, lewd. fem. ধৃষ্টা । ̃তা n. arrogance, insolence, imperti nence, audacity, sauciness, pertness; (coll.) cheek, talkativeness, garrulity; impudence, shamelessness; lascivious ness; lewdness.

ধৃষ্য [ dhṛṣya ] a assailable; subduable.

ধেইধেই [ dhēidhēi ] n the style or cue-words of the 'tandab' (তান্ডব) dance, the dance of extensive annihilation; a wild dance or movement.

ধেড়ানো [ dhēḍ়ānō ] v to soil clothes by failing to re tain motion of stool or urine; (fig.) to make a mess of; to bungle.

ধেড়ে¹ [ dhēḍ়ē¹ ] n the otter.

ধেড়ে² [ dhēḍ়ē² ] a (use. dero.) grown-up; big.

ধেনু [ dhēnu ] n a cow that has recently calved; a milch cow. ̃পাল n. a herd of cows.

ধেনো [ dhēnō ] a produced from paddy (ধেনো মদ); paddy-growing (ধেনো চাষা); yielding paddy (ধেনো জমি); paddy-like (ধেনো গন্ধ); resembling a paddy-growing peasant, boorish, clodhopping (ধেনো বুদ্ধি). ☐ n. an inferior wine prepared from paddy, rice-grog.

ধেয় [ dhēẏa ] a worth holding or taking; accept able, knowable, cognizable.

ধেয়ানো [ dhēẏānō ] v (poet. or coll.) to meditate, to reflect; to recollect.

ধৈবত [ dhaibata ] n (mus.) the sixth note of the gamut.

ধৈর্য [ dhairya ] n patience, fortitude; endurance; forbearance; composure (মনের ধৈর্য); (Vaishnava phil.) disinterestedness, in difference, apathy. ধৈর্য ধরা v. to have patience. ধৈর্য রক্ষা করা v. to forbear or endure; to contain oneself; to keep calm; to have patience. অসীম ধৈর্য end less patience, the patience of Job. ̃চ্যুত a. out of patience; impatient; failing to contain oneself. ̃চ্যুতি n. loss of pa tience; impatience. ̃ধারণ n. act of keeping patient, act of containing one self; forbearance. ̃বান, ̃শালী, ̃শীল a. patient; enduring; forbearing. fem. ̃বতী, ̃শালিনী, ̃শীলা । ̃শীলতা n. pa tience; endurance; calmness. ̃হারা same as ̃চ্যুত । ̃রহিত, ̃হীন a. lacking patience, devoid of patience; impa tient; out of patience; fretting; restless. fem. ̃হীনা । ̃হীনতা n. impatience; im petuosity, restlessness. ধৈর্যাবলম্বন same as ধৈর্যধারণ ।

ধোঁকা¹ [ dhōn̐kā¹ ] v to pant or gasp for breath; to palpitate, to throb.

ধোঁকা² [ dhōn̐kā² ] n a kind of pie-curry prepared with pulped pigeon-pea.

ধোঁকা³ [ dhōn̐kā³ ] n doubt, suspicion (ধোঁকায় পড়া); bewilderment, puzzle (ধোঁকা লাগা); hoax, hoodwink, deception, dodge (ধোঁকা দেওয়া). ধোঁকা দেওয়া v. to hoax; to hoodwink, to deceive; to dodge. ধোঁকা লাগা v. to have doubt or hesitancy; to be dazed or bewildered or puzzled. ধোঁকায় পড়া v. to be in doubt or suspi cion, to be in a fix or dilemma; to be non-plussed. ̃বাজ a. given to hoaxing or hoodwinking or deceiving or dodg ing. ̃বাজি n. practice of hoaxing or hoodwinking or deceiving or dodging. ধোঁকাবাজি করা v. to hoax; to hoodwink, to deceive; to dodge; to practise hoax ing or hoodwinking or deception or dodging.

ধোঁয়া [ dhōm̐ẏā ] n 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 tobacco smoke. 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.) in tangible; unintelligible; woolly, con fused; obscure.

ধোঁয়াপথ [ dhōm̐ẏāpatha ] n chimney.

ধোকড় [ dhōkaḍ় ] n rag; coarse cloth; a sack. কথার ধোকড় a chatter-box. মাকড় মারলে ধোকড় হয় (lit.) a spider when killed becomes a piece of rag; (fig.) what is a mortal sin for others is a venial offence for one's own self.

ধোবিখানা [ dhōbikhānā ] n the washerman's house, the laundry.

ধোয়া [ dhōẏā ] v to wash; to cleanse or scrub or scour with water; to wash and bleach; (of rivers) to inundate. ☐ a. washed; cleansed or scrubbed or scoured with water; washed and bleached. ধোয়ানি n. water or other liquids with which something has been washed; alluvial deposit; dregs. ধোয়ানো v. to cause to wash; to cause to cleanse or scrub or scour with water; to cause to wash and bleach. ধোয়া-পাকলা n. act of washing and scrubbing or scouring.

ধোলাই [ dhōlāi ] n act of washing; act of washing and bleaching; (fig.) sound beating (ধোলাই দেওয়া). ☐ a. washed; washed and bleached.

ধোসা¹ [ dhōsā¹ ] n a kind of coarse woollen wrap per.

ধোসা² [ dhōsā² ] n a thin chapati-like South Indian food.

ধৌত [ dhauta ] a washed; cleansed or scrubbed or scoured with water; washed and bleached; inundated. ধৌত করা v. to wash, to clean.

ধৌতি [ dhauti ] n washing and cleaning; a method of cleaning entrails or intestines with water (a practice in হঠযোগ).

ধ্বংস [ dhbaṃsa ] n destruction; annihilation; wreck, wreckage; ruin; death; act of killing, slaughter (শত্রুধ্বংস); loss; obliteration, effacement (শরীর ধ্বংস); waste or squandering (অর্থধ্বংস); undeserving consumption (অন্নধ্বংস); demolition, devastation (গৃহধ্বংস, রাজ্যধ্বংস, নগরধ্বংস); depravation or corruption (চরিত্র ধ্বংস, ধ্বংসের পথ). স্মৃতি ধ্বংস n. loss of memory; amnesia. ধ্বংস করা v. to destory; to annihilate; to ruin; to kill, to slay; to obliterate or efface; to impair; to waste, to squander; to con sume undeservingly; to demolish or devastate; to deprave, to corrupt. ধ্বংস হওয়া v. to be destroyed or annihilated, to perish; to be ruined; to die; to be killed or slaughtered; to be lost; to be obliterated or effaced; to be impaired; to be wasted or squandered; to be con sumed undeservingly; to be demol ished or devastated; to be depraved or corrupted. ধ্বংসক a. one who or that which destroys or annihilates or ruins or kills or slays or obliterates or effaces or impairs or wastes or squanders or consumes undeservingly or demol ishes or devastates or depraves or cor rupts. ধ্বংসন same as ধ্বংস । ̃নীয় a. de structible; perishable. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. de stroyed; annihilated; wrecked, ruined; dead, gone to one's death; killed, slaughtered; obliterated, effaced; lost; impaired; wasted, squandered; demol ished, fallen, devastated; depraved, corrupted. ̃মুখ n. jaws or verge of de struction or annihilation or wreck or ruin or death or impairment or fall or demolition or devastation or demoral ization or corruption. ̃লীলা n. the sport of destruction or annihilation or wreckage or ruining or killing or demolition or devastation. ̃স্তূপ n. a pile of ruins, wreckage, debris.

ধ্বংসাবশেষ [ dhbaṃsābaśēṣa ] n ruins; remains; wreckage; relics.

ধ্বংসিত [ dhbaṃsita ] a destroyed; annihilated; perished; wrecked, ruined; killed; impaired; wasted, squandered; undeservingly con sumed; demolished, fallen, devastated.

ধ্বংসী [ dhbaṃsī ] a destroying, annihilating; ruining; wrecking; killing, obliterating; impair ing; uselessly spending, squandering, wasting, consuming undeservingly; de molishing; devastating; depraving, cor rupting; destructible, perishable; decay ing.

ধ্বংসোন্মুখ [ dhbaṃsōnmukha ] a about to fall into a ruined state, about to go to rack and ruin, on the point of destruction.

ধব্জ [ dhabja ] n a flag, a banner, a standard, an ensign; the penis. ̃ক n. a flag, a stan dard. ☐ 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 be coming a king. ̃বাহক n. a standard bearer; (mil.) an ensign. ̃বাহী a. carry ing a flag or standard. ̃ভঙ্গ n. (of males) loss of sexual power, impo tence, impotency. ☐ n. an impotent person.

ধ্বজা [ dhbajā ] n a flag, a banner, a standard, an ensign; (sarcas. & dero.) simulacrum; a pretender (বিদ্যার ধ্বজা); (bot.) a vexil lum. ̃ধারী a. bearing a standard; (sarcas.) one who keeps a tuft of hair uncut on one's crown as a mark of one's holiness or piety; (sarcas.) hypo critically upholding or defending (ধর্মের ধ্বজাধারী).

ধ্বজী [ dhbajī ] a bearing a standard; (sarcas.) hypocritically upholding or defending (ধর্মধ্বজী).

ধ্বনন [ dhbanana ] n act of making a suppressed noise (esp. a vocal one); humming; act of sounding or ringing or playing (as a musical instrument etc.); (rhet.) sug gestion.

ধ্বনি [ dhbani ] n 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; phonol ogy; 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.

ধ্বন্যাত্মক [ dhbanyātmaka ] a (rhet.) onomatopoeic.

ধ্বস্ত [ dhbasta ] a destroyed; annihilated; perished; wrecked, ruined; impaired, run down; devastated; demolished; fallen; van quished.

ধ্বান্ত [ dhbānta ] n darkness, gloom. ধ্বান্তারি n. the sun (esp. when personified), (cp.) Sol.

ধ্যাত [ dhyāta ] a meditated upon; recollected; re membered. ধ্যাতব্য a. deserving or fit to be meditated upon or recollected or re membered. ধ্যাতা a. & n. one who meditates or recollects or remembers.

ধ্যান [ dhyāna ] n meditation; absorbing religious meditation; recollection; remembrance. ধ্যান করা v. to meditate (upon); to be ab sorbed in religious meditation; to recol lect; to remember. ̃গম্ভীর a. grave and silent on account of absorption in medi tation; consecrated or sanctified with holy meditation; solemnly absorbed in (spiritual) meditation ('ধ্যানগম্ভীর ঐ যে ভূধর'). ̃গম্য, ̃গোচর a. comprehensible or cognizable or attainable (only) through (deep) meditation. ̃জ্ঞান n. meditation and cognition, thought and feeling; (loos.) sole occupation or ab sorption. ̃তত্পর a. given to meditation; capable of being absorbed in medita tion. ̃ধারণা n. meditation and impres sion, thought and perception; idea; impression. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. meditative. ̃ভঙ্গ n. interruption or break of meditation (esp. a spiritual one). ̃মগ্ন a. absorbed or en grossed in meditation. ̃রত, ̃স্হ a. en gaged in meditation.

ধ্যানী [ dhyānī ] a (also n.) one who is engaged in meditation; one who is capable of meditation.

ধ্রিয়মাণ [ dhriẏamāṇa ] a that which is being put on or worn or assumed or held or touched or caught.

ধ্রুপদ [ dhrupada ] n a style of Indian classical song. ধ্রুপদী a. & n. one who sings or is versed in singing dhrupad (ধ্রুপদ) songs. □ a. aristocratic; elevated; excellent; first rate. ধ্রুপদী সাহিত্য classical literature.

ধ্রুব [ dhruba ] n (myth.) a prince famous for his in comparable devotion to God Hari (হরি); the Pole Star, the Polaris, the North Star, the cynosure, ☐ a. sure, cer tain; fixed; firm, deep-seated (ধ্রুববিশ্বাস); constant; actual, real (ধ্রুব সত্য). ☐ adv. surely, certainly (সে ধ্রুব আসবে); for sure, for certain (ধ্রুব জোনো). ̃তা n. sure ness, 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 cre ated for Dhruba (ধ্রুব) to live in after his ascension to heaven; Paradise. ̃সত্য n. an absolute truth, a confirmed truth. ☐ a. absolutely true.

ধ্রুবা [ dhrubā ] n burden or refrain (of a song).

ধ্রুবাক্ষ [ dhrubākṣa ] n (astr.) the Polar axis.

ধ্রুবাঙ্ক [ dhrubāṅka ] n (alg.) a constant quantity, a con stant.