(p. 497) diggaja (myth.) any one of the eight celestial elephants guarding the quarters of the globe; (chiefly iron.) a very erudite or prominent or capable man; a portentous idiot. a. (chiefly iron.) very erudite or vastly learned or prominent or capable (দিগ্গজ পন্ডিত, দিগ্গজ উকিল, দিগ্গজ ছেলে). 18)

(p. 508) dēkhana act of seeing or looking or beholding or viewing. দেখন-হাসি a. one who smiles at first sight; one who makes one smile in delight at first sight; (dero.) one who always greets with a smile. 119)

(p. 506) durapanēẏa difficult to remove or efface. not easily delible. দুরপনেয় কলঙ্ক indelible stain or blemish or blot. 10)

(p. 522) dbārakānātha, dbārakāpati, dbārakēśa the lord or ruler of the city of Dwaraka; an appellation of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 47)

(p. 508) dē2 form of দেওয়া (v.) used in familiarity or contempt. 104)

(p. 495) dārḍhya firmness; steadiness; unyieldingness; hardness; stiffness; strictness.

(p. 481) danuja (myth.) a son or descendant of Danu (দনু), a demon (demons were traditional enemies of gods). fem. দনুজা । ̃দলনী n. fem. the destroyer of demons: an appellation of goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 35)

(p. 508) dēdhāna millet, durra, jowar. 128)

(p. 495) dāma1 price, cost, value. চাওয়া-দাম n. the asking price. দাম দেওয়া v. (fig.) to pay for (trouble, foolish behaviour etc.). দাম পড়া, দাম লাগা v. to cost. দামাদামি n. haggling or higgling, chaffering; bargaining. 18)

(p. 500) dibā daytime. a & adv. of or in daytime. ˜কর n. the sun. ̃চর a. active during daytime. ̃নিদ্রা n. sleep during daytime. ̃নিশি (poet.) ̃নিশ, ̃রাত্রি adv. day and night, all the time, always. ̃ন্ধ a. day-blind. n. the owl. ̃বসান n. close of the day, the evening. ̃বসু n. the sun. ̃বিহার n. noon-time rest or sleep; sexual enjoyment in daytime. ̃ভাগ n. daytime. ̃লোক n. daylight. ̃স্পষ্ট বা প্রকাশ্য দিবালোক broad daylight. ̃স্বপ্ন n. a day-dream; a brown study; a reverie; (fig.) a false fancy, a waking dream. 8)

(p. 507) durgandha an offensive smell, a bad odour. a. ill-smelling; fetid, smelly, stinking. দুর্গন্ধী a. ill-smelling; fetid. 14)

(p. 508) dula an ear-drop or earring. 47)

(p. 508) dēōẏāna a finance minister; a financial steward (as of a business concern) or of a landowner; a steward; a dewan. দেওয়ান-ই-আম a sovereign's court, a royal court, a durbar; a legislative assembly. দেওয়ান-ই-খাস n. the private council of a sovereign, a privy-council. দেওয়ানি n. office of a finance minister; stewardship; dewani, diwani. a. (law) civil. দেওয়ানি আদালত civil court. দেওয়ানি মামলা a. civil suit. 110)

(p. 499) dina2 (Mus.) religion, faith. ̃দুনিয়ার মালিক God (or Allah) as the Lord of the (Islamic) faith and of the world.

(p. 495) dāẏāda a claimant to an inheritance; an heir; a son; a sharer of one's patrimony; a kinsman. দায়াদি n. fem. a female claimant to inheritance; an heiress; a daughter; a female sharer of one's patrimony; a kinswoman. a. (in all genders) inherited, obtained by inheritance. 34)