(p. 508) dulānō to cause to swing or rock, to swing or rock or dangle or oscillate. 50)

(p. 522) dōhāi meaning: in the name of, by, upon (ইশ্বরের দোহাই = by God. আমার সম্মানের দোহাই = upon my honour); please (দোহাই মহারাজ = please Your Majesty). n. an appeal for justice or support (রাজার দোহাই); an oath (দোহাই পাড়া ভালো নয়); a pretext or plea or excuse (রোগের দোহাই); a cause (বৃষ্টির দোহাই); swearing by a precedent (অতীতের দোহাই). দোহাই দেওয়া. দোহাই পাড়া v. to appeal to (for justice or support); to put forward as a pretext; to swear; to swear by a precedent. 25)

(p. 484) dama2 expressing: a light thudding or banging noise. দমদম int. expressing: repeated light thudding or banging noise. দমাদম adv. with repeated thuds. 12)

(p. 492) dāna2 act of giving; act of giving away; bestowal; award; charitable giving or distribution (অন্নদান); act of giving in marriage (কন্যাদান); offering, sacrifice, dedication (পরার্থে জীবনদান); contribution; a gift or a charitable gift (মহামূল্য দান); an offering, a sacrifice; a donation; a throw or cast (at dice. etc.); a turn (for doing something). দান করা v. to give; to give away; to give or distribute in charity; to donate, to contribute; to bestow; to confer; to award; to give in marriage; to offer, to sacrifice; to dedicate. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য n. practice of charity; act or instance of charity. ̃কাতর, ̃কুন্ঠ a. slow or unwilling to give, not charitable; miserly, parsimonious, stingy, close-fisted, niggardly. ̃খয়রাত n. bounty, charity; charitable deeds; act or practice of charity. ̃ধর্ম n. the virtue of charity. ̃ধ্যান n. charity and religious meditation. ̃পত্র n. a deed of gift. ̃বীর a. & n. one who is extremely (lit. heroically) bountiful. ˜যোগ্য a. worthy of being given. ̃শীল a. bountiful, munificent, charitable, generous. ̃শীলতা n. bounty, munificence, charity; generosity. ̃শৌন্ড same as দানবীর । ̃সজ্জা n. (in a wedding) display of gifts given to the bride and the bridegroom. ̃সত্র n. an almshouse; a charitable institution. ̃সাগর n. sixteen sets of gifts given in a sraddha (শ্রাদ্ধ) ceremony. ̃সামগ্রী n. an article of gift (esp. one given to the bride or bridegroom at a wedding). যেমন দান তেমনি দক্ষিণা (fig.) a niggardly master will have a lazy servant. 40)

(p. 517) dōla a swing, a dangling movement; oscillation; the Hindu festival of Krishna's (কৃষ্ণ) swinging in a rocking cradle, when dyed powder is sprinkled at one another, the Holi (হোলি) festival. দোল খাওয়া v. to swing, to dangle, to oscillate. দোল খাওয়ানো, দোল দেওয়া v. to give a push so as to cause to swing; to cause to swing; to dangle, to oscillate. দোল-দুর্গোত্সব n. the principal festivals of Hindus such as the swinging feast of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) and the worship of Durga (দুর্গা). দোলন n. act of swinging or dangling, oscillation; a swing. দোলনকাল n. the period of oscillation. দোলনতল n. the plane of oscillation. ̃মঞ্চ n. the altar on which the rocking cradle of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) and his ladylove Radha (রাধা) is set up. ̃যাত্রা n. the feast of Krishna's (কৃষ্ণ) swing, when dyed powder is sprinkled at one another. 82)

(p. 481) dantāghāta a bite. 38)

(p. 507) durghaṭa unlikely to happen; of rare occurrence. 23)

(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. 522) dyōtaka indicating, expressing; expressive or suggestive (of); signifying; inspiring; enlightening, illumining. 93)

(p. 495) dābaḍ়āni, dābaḍ়i act of bullying; rebuke; threat; snub; act of chasing. 8)

(p. 497) dāsta evacuation of the bowels, motion purgation; faeces, stool; loose motion; diarrhoea. 11)

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

(p. 500) dibyāstra a god's weapon; a divine weapon. 10)

(p. 517) daibānugraha grace of God; divine favour. দৈবানুগ্রহে adv. by Gods' grace, through the grace of God. 54)

(p. 485) daśāha ten days at a stretch; a feast or festival continuing for ten days. a. lasting for ten days. 80)