(p. 508) durbhikṣa (lit. & obs.) a time when alms is scarce; (pop.) (a time of) scarcity, famine; extreme want or shortage. ̃পীড়িত a. famine-stricken. 33)

(p. 522) draḍh়iṣṭha hardest; stiffest; toughest; most firm; steadiest; very hard or stiff or tough or firm or steady. fem. দ্রঢ়িষ্ঠা । 96)

(p. 485) dāōẏāta an invitation; a feast. দাওয়াত দেওয়া v. to invite. 106)

(p. 522) dōṣaikadarśī, dōṣaikadṛk given only to counting demerits; cynical. 17)

(p. 481) daḍ়ā a thick cord, a rope, a hawser. ̃দড়ি n. ropes and cords, cordage. ̃বাজি n. rope-dancing, rope-walking, funambulation;acrobatics;acrobatism.̃বাজিকর n. a rope-dancer, a rope-walker, a funambulist, an acrobat. দড়াবাজি করা v. to funambulate, to perform or exhibit acrobatic feats. 19)

(p. 522) dyūta, dyūtakrīḍ়ā dice-playing (esp. with betting); gambling. দূতকার, দ্যূতকর a. given to playing dice or gambling. n. a dice-player (esp. one who bets); a gambler. 92)

(p. 485) dasyu a robber, dacoit; (ori.) a nonAryan race of ancient India or a member of it; (in affection) a person as daring and unmanageable as a robber; a rogue. জলদস্যু n. a pirate. ̃তা, ̃বৃত্তি n. robbery, dacoity. দস্যুতা করা v. to plunder, to take to robbery, to commit robbery. ̃দল n. a band of robbers or gangsters, a gang of freebooters. ̃পনা n. daredevilry. ̃ভয় n. fear of robbers. 91)

(p. 508) dūṣaka one who or that which blames or finds fault with, fault-finding; carping, cavilling. 88)

(p. 522) draba liquid, fluid; liquefied, melted. n. (chem.) a liquid solution, a solution. গাঢ় দ্রব concentrated solution. দ্রব করা v. to liquefy; to melt; to dissolve or solve. দ্রব হওয়া v. to be liquefied or melted, to liquefy or melt; to be dissolved or solved. দ্রবণ n. liquefaction; melting; (chem.) dissolution or solution. দ্রবণশীল a. disposed to be liquefied or melted or solved; liquefiable; (chem.) soluble. দ্রবনাঙ্ক n. melting-point. দ্রবণীয় a. liquefiable; (chem.) soluble. দ্রবনীয়তা n. solubility. দ্রবীকরণ same as দ্রবণ । দ্রবীকৃত a. liquefied, melted; (chem.) dissolved or solved. দ্রবীভবন n. act of melting; act of being liquefied or dissolved or solved. দ্রবীভূত a. liquefied; melted; (chem.) dissolved or solved. 99)

(p. 500) dui two. a. & pro. both (দুই-ই খারাপ). দুই-এক a. one or two; a few. 50)

(p. 508) durbala weak; feeble (দুর্বল দৃষ্টি); weakened; debilitated. fem. দুর্বলা । দুর্বল করা v. to weaken; to enfeeble; to debilitate. ̃চিত্ত a. weak-minded, chickenhearted, imbecile. দুর্বল হওয়া v. to grow or become weak, to be enfeebled or debilitated. 11)

(p. 497) dālāla a broker, a cambist; an agent; a commission agent; a go-between; a tout; (sarcas.) a supporter or helper (ধনতন্ত্রের দালাল). দালালি n. brokerage, an agent's commission; brokery, commission agency; the act of business of a go-between or a tout. 6)

(p. 517) dēẏaka fee. 14)

(p. 508) dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa seen and unseen; partly seen and partly unseen; revealed and unrevealed. 101)

(p. 506) duradhigama, duradhigamya difficult to obtain, not easily available; not easily accessible, difficult of access; difficult to comprehend or learn, not easily knowable or cognizable; abstruse. fem. দুরধিগম্যা । 6)