ধান : (p. 532) dhāna 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 indifferent or scant education. ধান নেড়ে দেওয়া v. to re-sow or transplant paddyshoots 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 impossible 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). 75)

(p. 532) dhānyaka, dhānyāka coriander; coriander seed. 82)

(p. 532) dharmādhyakṣa an official superintendent of matters concerning religion; a religious head; a chief justice. 23)

(p. 529) dhanādhipa, dhanādhipati the lord of wealth; Kuvera (কুবের), (cp.) Plutus, Mammon. 18)

(p. 529) dhanāśā desire for wealth, longing or craving for wealth. 23)

(p. 543) dhṛta held; caught; arrested; taken; contained (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. 39)

(p. 529) dhaḍ়maḍ় expressing: sudden bustle or flutter or hurry. 8)

(p. 543) dhūmadgāra, dhūmōdgiraṇa emission of smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc., ধূমোদ্গার করা v. to emit smoke, fume, vapour, gas etc. 34)

(p. 532) dhariẏē (used as a sfx.) one who holds or catches or captures. 15)

(p. 532) dhāṅara a sweeper (by caste or trade). 66)

(p. 532) dharmāndōlana a religious or theological movement; a religious or theological discussion or consideration; (loos. but pop.) a religious or theological dispute or agitation. 26)

(p. 545) dhōsā2 a thin chapati-like South Indian food. 24)

(p. 545) dhōẏā 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. 21)

(p. 542) dhībara a fisherman (by trade or caste), a fisher. fem. ধীবরী n. a fisher-woman; a fishwife, a fish-woman. 8)

(p. 532) dharmōpadēśaka, dharmōpadēṣṭā imparting religious instruction; sermonizing. n. a religious instructor; a semonizer. 42)

(p. 540) dhāraṇā conception; realization or comprehension; feeling or impression; supposition, 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 impression (of); to suppose, to guess; to form or have an idea (of); to believe; to think. ̃তীত a. inconceivable; incomprehensible; (loos.) unthought of, unexpected. ̃শক্তি n. ability to conceive an idea, power of comprehension; intelligence; retentive capacity or power. 18)