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দেবাসুর [ dēbāsura ] n gods and mythological de mons.

দেবী [ dēbī ] n a goddess; a female deity; God dess Durga (দুর্গা) or Chandi (চণ্ডী); (in respectful addresses and mention) a lady (মাতৃদেবী, সারদাদেবী). ̃পক্ষ n. the light fortnight of the Durga worship. ̃পুরাণ n. an ancient holy book narrat ing the glory of Goddess Chandi (চণ্ডী). ̃মাহাত্ম্য n. a portion of a holy book, written by Markandeya (মার্কণ্ডেয়) the sage singing of the glory of Goddess Chandi (চণ্ডী).

দেবেন্দ্র [ dēbēndra ] n the lord or king of gods; an ap pellation of Indra (ইন্দ্র).

দেবেশ [ dēbēśa ] n the god of gods; an appellation of Shiva (শিব).

দেবোচিত [ dēbōcita ] a befitting a god, right and proper for a god; godly; divine.

দেবোদ্যান [ dēbōdyāna ] n a heavenly garden, (cp. Eden, Paradise); a garden which is the seat of a deity, a holy garden.

দেবোপম [ dēbōpama ] a godlike, godly.

দেবোপাসক [ dēbōpāsaka ] n a votary or worshipper of a god or gods. ☐ a. employed in reli gious worship.

দেবোপাসনা [ dēbōpāsanā ] n worship of a god or gods; religious worship.

দেব্যা [ dēbyā ] n (inc. & obs.) a goddess; used as a surname affixed to the name of a (wid owed Brahman) lady.

দেমাক [ dēmāka ] n self-conceit, vanity, amour propre; haughtiness, arrogance. দেমাক করা v. to brag, to boast, to be proud of; to give oneself airs. দেমাক দেখানো v. to express anger or haughtiness. দেমাকি a. vain, conceited; arrogant, haughty.

দেয় [ dēẏa ] a that which is to be given or worth giving; due payable.

দেয়ক [ dēẏaka ] n fee.

দেয়া2 [ dēẏā2 ] n the cloud. দেয়ার ডাক the roar or rumble of clouds. গুরুগুরু দেয়া ডাকে the clouds rumble.

দেয়ালা [ dēẏālā ] n the smile of a dreaming infant.

দেয়াসি [ dēẏāsi ] n a votary.

দেয়াসিনি [ dēẏāsini ] n. fem a votaress or female wor shipper; a nun; a woman versed in mystic incantations.

দেরকো [ dērakō ] n a wooden lampstand.

দেরাজ [ dērāja ] n a drawer (as of a cabinet or a desk).

দেরি [ dēri ] n delay. দেরি করা v. to be late; to de lay. দেরি করানো v. to defer, to procrasti nate, to delay; to cause to delay. দেরি হওয়া v. to be late; to be delayed.

দেশ [ dēśa ] n a country, a land; a state; a prov ince (বঙ্গদেশ, অঙ্গদেশ); motherland, native land (কাফ্রিদের দেশ আফ্রিকায়); na tive village (ছেলেটি সবে দেশ থেকে শহরে এসেছে); a region (মরুদেশ); a place (পৃষ্ঠদেশ); a part or portion (মধ্যদেশ); a direction or quarter (অধোদেশ); a raga or musical mode. ̃কাল n. a particular place and a point of time or their na ture or condition; a particular circum stance. ̃কালজ্ঞ a. conversant with the nature of a particular place and time or with that of different places and points of time. ̃কালপাত্র n. a particular place and a point of time and a person or their nature or condition. ̃কালাতীত a. transcending space and time, universal and eternal. ̃কালোচিত a. befitting and serving the needs of a particular place and a point of time; befitting the cir cumstances. ̃খ্যাত a. same as দেশপ্রসিদ্ধ । ̃ছাড়া a. away from home; away from one's motherland. ̃গৌরব n. pride of a or of one's country. ̃জ ̃জাত a. indigenous. ̃জো়ড়া same as দেশব্যাপী । ̃ত্যাগ n. leaving a country or one's own country (esp. for good), emigration or migration from one's na tive land. দেশত্যাগ করা v. to leave a country or one's own country (esp. for good); to emigrate or migrate. ̃ত্যাগী a. (also n.) emigrant, migrant. ̃দেশান্তর n. one's native land and other coun tries; countries far and near, different countries. ̃দ্রোহ n. treason or treachery against one's own country or state. ̃দ্রোহী a. committing treason or treach ery against one's own country or state. ̃ধর্ম n. customs and practices peculiar to a country. ̃পর্যটন same as দেশভ্রমণ । ̃প্রথা same as দেশধর্ম । ̃প্রসিদ্ধ a. fa mous all over the country. ̃প্রিয় a. be loved of one's countrymen. ̃প্রেম n. at tachment to or love for one's mother land, patriotism. ̃প্রেমিক n. a lover of one's motherland, a patriot. ̃বন্ধু n. a friend of the country; the friend of one's own country. ̃বিখ্যাত same as দেশপ্রসিদ্ধ । ̃বিদেশ n. one's native land and foreign countries, home and abroad. ̃বিদেশে adv. at home and abroad; all over the world. ̃বিশ্রুত same as দেশপ্রসিদ্ধ । ̃বিধান n. customs and conventions peculiar to a country. ̃ব্যাপী a. countrywide. ̃বিভাগ n. the partition of a country. ̃ভেদে adv. ac cording to the change of countries; in different lands. ̃ভ্রমণ n. travel in dif ferent lands, journeying from country to country; travel in different parts of a country. দেশভ্রমণ করা v. to travel in dif ferent countries or in different parts of a country. ̃ময় a. countrywide. ☐ adv. all over the country. ̃মাতৃকা n. a coun try conceived or personified as the mother of its inhabitants; motherland. ̃রক্ষা n. the defence of a country. দেশরক্ষা-মন্ত্রক n. the ministry of defence. ̃সেবক n. a servant of one's mother land. ̃সেবা n. service to one's mother land. ̃স্হ a. situated or living in a country; (loos.) of or concerning a country, internal; (loos.) indigenous. ̃হিত n. welfare of a country. ̃হিতকর a. beneficial to a country, conducive to a country's welfare. ̃হিতব্রত n. avowed determination to do good to one's country. ☐ a. same as দেশহিতব্রতী । ̃হিতব্রতী a. avowedly devoted to the welfare of one's country. হিতৈষণা, ̃হিতৈষিত n. desire of doing good to one's own country. হিতৈষী a. desirous of doing good to one's own country.

দেশাচার [ dēśācāra ] n customs and practices peculiar to a country.

দেশাত্মবোধ [ dēśātmabōdha ] n act of identifying oneself with one's country; nationalism.

দেশাধিপতি [ dēśādhipati ] n the ruler of a country; a king.

দেশান্তর [ dēśāntara ] n another country, a different country; a distant land; (geog.) longi tude. দেশান্তরিত a. gone to another coun try or a different country; gone to a distant or foreign land; expelled from a country or from one's country; living and settled in a foreign country. দেশান্তরি a. gone to a foreign country; emigrant, migrant; living or settled in a foreign country.

দেশি [ dēśi ] a indigenous. ☐ n. a musical mode. দেশি কাপড় a variety of loincloth pro duced by the weavers of Bengal on handlooms; cloth manufactured in In dia (as opp. to বিলাতি). দেশি কুম়ড়ো see কুমড়ো । দেশি জিনিস, দেশি পন্য a home product; indigenous goods.

দেশিক [ dēśika ] n a traveller; one who guides along the right path or shows the way to salvation; a preceptor (দেশিকোত্তম).

দেশীয় [ dēśīẏa ] a concerning a particular country or home affairs; inland, internal; born in a particular country, native; indig enous. ̃করণ n. naturalization. দেশীয় কলহ an internal strife. দেশীয় বাণিজ্য in land trade. দেশীয় ব্যাপার home affairs. দেশীয় হানাহানি a civil war.

দেশোয়ালি [ dēśōẏāli ] n a rustic; a co-villager; an upcountryman. দেশোয়ালি ভাই (ridi.) a country cousin; a person hailing from the same country or region.

দেহ [ dēha ] n the body; physique; a corpse. দেহ মাটি করা v. (fig.) to ruin one's health. ̃কোষ n. the skin; the cell of the body; (loos.) a blood-cell or blood-vessel. ̃ক্ষয় n. waste or decay of the body; deterioration or break-down of health; death. দেহক্ষয় করা v. to ruin one's health (esp. by hard toil). চর্যা n. care of the body or physique; physical exercise. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. born or produced out of a body; bodily (দেহজ মল). ☐ n. a son. n. fem. ̃জা a daughter. ̃তত্ত্ব n. physiol ogy; anatomy; the doctrine that the body is the seat of all truths. ̃তত্ত্বজ্ঞ a. versed in physiology or anatomy or in the aforesaid doctrine. ̃ত্যাগ n. death, act of giving up the ghost. দেহত্যাগ করা v. to die, to give up the ghost. ̃ধারণ n. act of assuming a body; act of taking one's birth; incarnation; subsistence (দেহধারণের ব্যয়). দেহধারণ করা v. to as sume a body; to take one's birth; to as sume an incarnate body or to take one's birth as an incarnation; to subsist (upon). ̃ধারী a. corporeal; bodied; in carnate. ̃পাত same as দেহক্ষয় । দেহপাত করা v. same as দেহক্ষয় করা । ̃পিঞ্জর n. the body conceived as a cage for the spirit. ̃পুষ্টি n. nourishment of the body. ̃ভৃত্ n. an embodied soul; a liv ing being, a creature. ̃যষ্টি n. the body, conceived as an upright stick, the body, the frame. ̃যাত্রা n. subsistence. ̃রক্ষা n. death. দেহরক্ষা করা v. to die, to breathe one's last, to give up the ghost. ̃রক্ষী n. a body-guard. ̃সার n. mar row. ̃সৌন্দর্য, ̃সৌষ্ঠব n. the beauty or grace of the body, bodily grace.

দেহলি [ dēhali ] n a terrace; a gallery, a verandah; a door-sill; a door-frame.

দেহা [ dēhā ] n (poet. & obs.) the body or life.

দেহাত [ dēhāta ] n a village, countryside.

দেহাতি [ dēhāti ] a rural; rustic.

দেহাতীত, দেহাতিরিক্ত [ dēhātīta, dēhātirikta ] a beyond (the reach) of the body, transcending the body, transcendental; not incorporate, unembodied, incorporeal.

দেহাত্মপ্রত্যয় [ dēhātmapratyaẏa ] n the belief in the identity of the body and the soul, the belief that the body is the soul; materialistic be lief.

দেহাত্মবাদ [ dēhātmabāda ] n the doctrine of the identity of the body and the soul (that is, body is the soul); materialism. দেহাত্মবাদী a. identifying the body and the soul; ma terialistic. ☐ n. a believer in the iden tity of the body and the soul; a materi alist.

দেহান্ত [ dēhānta ] n death. দেহান্ত হওয়া v. to meet one's death, to die.

দেহান্তর [ dēhāntara ] n another body; rebirth; (loos.) death. ̃প্রাপ্তি n. the transmigration of soul, metempsychosis, rebirth. দেহান্তর লাভ করা v. to migrate into another body; to be born again; (loos. but pop.) to die.

দেহাবসান [ dēhābasāna ] n death. দেহাবসান হওয়া v. to meet one's death, to die.

দেহি [ dēhi ] v. imperat give.

দেহী [ dēhī ] a corporeal, bodied; material.

দেহোপজীবিনী [ dēhōpajībinī ] n. fem a women who earns by engaging herself in sexual activity, a prostitute, a whore.

দৈত্য [ daitya ] n a mythological demon hostile to gods; a giant, a monster, an ogre; a gi gantic man. ̃কুল n. the race of de mons. দৈত্যকুলে প্রহ্লাদ (fig.) a saint born in the race of sinners, a Christ amongst Jews. ̃গুরু n. (myth.) Shukracharya the guru or preceptor of demons. ̃নিসূদন n. a slayer of demons. ̃পতি n. a king of demons. ̃মাতা n. (myth.) Diti (দিতি) the first mother of demons. দৈত্যারি n. an enemy of demons; a god; an appel lation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু), Shiva (শিব), Indra (ইন্দ্র), or Krishna (কৃষ্ণ).

দৈনন্দিন [ dainandina ] a daily; diurnal; (fig.) routine (দৈনন্দিন কাজকর্ম).

দৈনিক [ dainika ] a daily; diurnal. ☐ n. a daily newspaper, a daily. দৈনিক অধিদেয় বা ভাতা daily allowance. দৈনিক পত্রিকা n. a daily newspaper, a daily.

দৈন্য [ dainya ] n utter poverty or need, indigence; affliction, distress; humbleness; wretchedness, misery; penury. ̃দশা, দৈন্যাবস্হা n. utter poverty, indigent con dition; afflicted or distressed or humble or wretched or miserable state. ̃দশাগ্রস্ত, ̃দশাপন্ন, ̃পীড়িত a. poverty-stricken, indigent; afflicted, distressed; wretched, miserable; penurious.

দৈব [ daiba ] n providence; destiny; luck, fate; a chance occurrence. ☐ a. pertaining to or caused by gods, divine, heavenly; providential; accidental; miraculous. ̃কর্ম n. rites performed to propitiate gods or deities; a religious rite. ̃ক্রমে, ̃গতিকে adv. by providence; by chance; accidentally, luckily; (rare) miracu lously. ̃ঘটনা n. a providential incident; a chance occurrence; a miraculous inci dent; an accident. ̃জ্ঞ a. prescient. ☐ n. a diviner, a prognosticator, a sooth sayer; a fortune teller, an astrologer. ̃দুর্ঘটনা n. a mishap, an accident. ̃দুর্বিপাক n. a misfortune, an unforeseen calamity or adversity. ̃দোষ n. misfor tune, ill fate, ill luck. ̃দোষে adv. through ill luck. ̃ধন n. heaven-sent treasure; a treasure found by chance, a windfall; (loos.) a hidden treasure. ̃নির্দিষ্ট a. ordained by God; predestined, foreordained. ̃প্রেরিত a. heaven-sent. ̃বল same as দৈবশক্তি । ̃বশে same as দৈবক্রমে । ̃বাণী n. an oracle; a voice from heaven (conveying a divine message), the word of God, a revelation; a proph ecy. ̃বিড়ম্বনা n. irony of fate; antipathy of fortune; misfortune. ̃যোগে same as দৈবক্রমে । ̃লব্ধ a. obtained by chance; god-gifted. ̃শক্তি n. divine power; god gifted power. ̃শক্তিসম্পন্ন a. endowed with god-gifted power.

দৈবাত্ [ daibāt ] adv by chance; accidentally; sud denly; peradventure.

দৈবাদেশ [ daibādēśa ] n a divine command; a com mandment; a divine inspiration; (loos.) an oracle.

দৈবাধীন [ daibādhīna ] n dependent on fate, controlled by destiny, fateful.

দৈবানুগৃহীত [ daibānugṛhīta ] a received in the grace of God; favoured by a god or gods.

দৈবানুগ্রহ [ daibānugraha ] n grace of God; divine favour. দৈবানুগ্রহে adv. by Gods' grace, through the grace of God.

দৈবী [ daibī ] a. fem of দৈব । ̃শক্তি same as দৈবশক্তি and দৈববল ।

দৈর্ঘ্য [ dairghya ] n length. দৈর্ঘ্য-প্রসারণ n. linear ex pansion.

দৈশিক [ daiśika ] a concerning a country or a prov ince or a region or a locality, native, provincial, regional, local; concerning a part; partial.

দৈহিক [ daihika ] a corporeal (দৈহিক প্রয়োজন); bodily, physical; corporal (দৈহিক শাস্তি). দৈহিক পরিশ্রম physical labour.

দো [ ] a (chiefly used as pfx.) two, twofold, twice. ̃আনি n. a two-anna piece. ̃আব n. a tongue of land between two rivers, a doab; (ori.) a confluence of two riv ers. ̃আঁশ a. loamy. দোঁআশ মাটি loamy soil, loam. ̃আঁশলা, (rej.) ̃আঁসলা a. hybrid; crossbred; mongrel; loamy. ☐ n. a hybrid; a crossbreed; a mongrel. ̃কর a. two times of, double. ☐ adv. twice, two times, doubly. ̃কলা ̃কা a. & adv. only two together; in pair; hav ing a companion or second. ̃কাটি n. two sticks; two sticks striking against each other. ̃চালা same as দুচালা (see দু). ̃ছুট, ̃ছোট n. a piece of large scarf worn loosely on the upper part of the body. ̃টানা same as দুটানা (see দু). ̃তরফা same as দুতরফা (see দু). ̃তলা, দোতালা same as দুতলা (see দু). ̃তারা same as দুতারা (see দু). ̃ধারী same as দুধারী (see দু). ̃নলা same as দুনলা (see দু). ̃পাট্টা a. arranged into two folds; folded in two parts; double-folded; joined together lengthwise. (দোপাট্টা চাদর). ̃পিয়াজি, ̃পিয়াজা, ̃পিঁয়াজি, ̃পিঁয়াজা n. a highly seasoned dish of meat or fish prepared with too many onions doubly fried. ̃পেয়ে same as দুপেয়ে (see দু). ̃ফলা same as দুফলা (see দু). ̃ফাল ̃ফালি same as দুফাল (see দু). ̃বরা a. doubly refined and granular (দোবরা চিনি). ☐ adv. twice over (দোবরা কাজ করা). ̃ভাঁজ a. doubly folded, folded in two plaits, doubled. ̃ভাষী same as দুভাষী (see দু). ̃মনা same as দুমনা (see দু). ̃মুখো same as দুমুখো (see দু). ̃মেটে same as দুমেটে (see দু). ̃য়ানি pop. spell. of দোআনি । ̃য়াব pop. spell. of দোআব । ̃রঙা a. bi-coloured. ̃রকা, ̃রোকা a. embroidered on both sides. ̃রসা a. (of fish etc.) partly decom posed or rotten, half-decomposed or half-rotten; (of soil) loamy. ̃শালা n. a shawl woven in double plaits, a doubly plaited shawl; any one of a pair of costly shawls. ̃সুতি same as দুসুতি (see দু). ̃হাতিয়া, ̃হাথিয়া, ̃হাত্তা same as দুহাতিয়া (see দু).

দোঁহা1 [ dōm̐hā1 ] n a kind of Hindi couplet current in the mediaeval age.

দোঁহা2, দোঁহে [ dōm̐hā2, dōm̐hē ] pro (poet.) two or both. দোঁহার, দোঁহাকার poss. pro. of two or both.

দোকান [ dōkāna ] n a shop; goods for sale, mer chandise (মেলায় দোকান সাজানো). দোকান করাv. to visit shops for the purpose of buying, to shop; to set up a shop, to start or open a shop; to keep or run a shop; to open a shop for the day's work. দোকান খোলা v. to set up a shop, to start or open a shop; to open a shop for the day's work. দোকান তোলা v. to close a shop for the day; to close down or wind up a shop, to shut up a shop. দোকান দেওয়া v. to set up or open a shop; to arrange goods for sale (as in a fair). দোকান বন্ধ করা same as দোকান তোলা । দোকান সাজানো v. to furnish a shop, to display goods for sale. দোকান-কর্মচারী n. a shop-man. ̃দার n. a shopkeeper. ̃দারি n. shopkeeping; bargaining; busi ness-dealing; bargain-hunting, shoppi ness; shoppy or selfish behaviour. দোকানদারি করা v. to keep or run a shop; (fig.) to try to clinch a bargain. দোকানদারি কথাবার্তা shoppy talk. দোকানদারি কথাবার্তা বলা to talk shop. ̃পাট n. a shop and its commodities. দোকান-হাট করা v. to visit shops and markets for the purpose of buying.

দোকানি [ dōkāni ] n a shopkeeper.

দোক্তা, দোক্তা [ dōktā, dōktā ] n dried tobacco-leaf (often perfumed) for chewing. দোক্তা খাওয়া v. to take dried tobacco-leaf.

দোগ্ধা [ dōgdhā ] a one who milks (as a cow).

দোগ্ধী [ dōgdhī ] a. fem of দোগ্ধা ।n. a milch cow.

দোজখ [ dōjakha ] n (Mus.) hell, inferno.

দোজবরে, দোজবর [ dōjabarē, dōjabara ] a. masc married or mar rying for a second time.

দোটানা [ dōṭānā ] n simultaneous pulls in two op posite directions; indecision, di lemma.

দোদুল [ dōdula ] a moving to and fro, swinging, oscillating, dangling; wavering. দোদুল্যমান a. constantly swinging or os cillating; constantly wavering. দোদুল্যমান হওয়া v. to swing or oscillate con stantly; to waver constantly.

দোনা1 [ dōnā1 ] n pocket for holding a roll of be tel-leaf.

দোনা2 [ dōnā2 ] n a dug-out, a tub, a canoe.

দোনি [ dōni ] n a small dug-out.

দোপাটি [ dōpāṭi ] n a kind of flower or its plant, a flower of the balsam species.

দোবজা [ dōbajā ] n a kind of large and coarse cot ton scarf.

দোমালা [ dōmālā ] a (of coconut) half-ripe.

দোয়া1 [ dōẏā1 ] v to milk (as a cow); (fig.) to ex tort (money etc.) from (a person). ̃নো v. to cause to milk; to milk.

দোয়া2 [ dōẏā2 ] n (Mus.) blessing, grace.

দোয়াত [ dōẏāta ] n an ink-pot.

দোয়েল [ dōẏēla ] n the magpie robin of Bengal.

দোর্দন্ড [ dōrdanḍa ] n the hand conceived as the rod (of punishment). ☐ a. (erron.) terrible (দোর্দন্ড ক্রোধ বা গরম). ̃প্রতাপ a. terribly powerful or mighty. ☐ n. the might of the hand; terrible might.

দোল [ dōla ] n 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 os cillate. 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 lady love Radha (রাধা) is set up. ̃যাত্রা n. the feast of Krishna's (কৃষ্ণ) swing, when dyed powder is sprinkled at one another.

দোলক [ dōlaka ] n a pendulum (as of a clock).

দোলনা [ dōlanā ] n a rocking cradle, a swing.