آب دست āb-dast P s. m. Water for washing the hands; washing the hands; a masterlike work-man who imparts lustre to what he executes; a guiltless faḳīr. adj. Having pure hands.

بدستور ba-dastūr P As usual, according to cus- tom, in the manner, customarily.

تردست tar-dast P adj. Expert, active.

تردستي tar-dast-ī P s. f. Expertness, activity.

دسا سول disā-sūl S s. m. The quarter towards which it is deemed unlucky to travel on parti- cular days.

دسا दशा dasā S s. f. Condition, state, circum- stances.

دسا दिशा disā S s. f. Side, quarter, point (of the compass). دساکرنا disā karnā, To travel.

دسانس दशांश dasāns S s. m. Tenth part.

دساور disāwar S̱. s. A climate.

دساوري disāwarī S̱. A sort of pān or betel leaf.

دست dast P s. m. 1. Hand, cubit. 2. Stool, purge, evacuation. دست افشان dast-afshān, Extending or moving hands in dancing, in re- linquishing any thing, in anger or in denying. دست آموز dast-āmoz, adj. 1. Tame, familia- rized, tractable. 2. Skilful, dexterous. دست انداز dast-andāz, 1. He who commences a business. 2. An oppressor, a plunderer. دست آويز dast-āwez, s. f. What a man takes with him as the means of promoting his suit; what a man gets into his hand and depends on; a small present which may be given into the hands of a person whose favour is sought, a signature, a note of hand, bond, title-deed, cer- tificate, &c. دست بدست dast ba-dast, 1.

دستا dastā H s. m. Zinc, tutanag, lapis cala- minaris.

دستار dastār P s. f. A turband. دستاربند dastār- band, A servant whose business it is to make up the turband. دستارخوان dastār-ḵẖẉān, s. m. A tablecloth.

دستانه dastāna P s. m. A glove, a gauntlet.

دسترخوان dastar-ḵẖẉān P (properly دستارخوان dastār-ḵẖẉān, q. v.) s. m. A tablecloth.