دعوت daﻌwat A s. f. 1. Invitation, convocation, benediction. 2. Pressing people to become Musalmāns. 3. Pretension. 4. A feast, banquet. دعوت کرني daﻌwat-karnī, To invite.

دلاک dallāk A s. m. A waiter at the baths that rubs, &c. the bodies of those who bathe, a barber.

دباغ dabbāg̠ẖ A (adj. superl. of دبغ He tanned) s. m. A currier, a tanner.

ديوالي dewālī S̱. (दीपाली from दीप A lamp, and आली A row) s. f. A Hindū festival (ce- lebrated on the day of the new moon of kārtik: when the Hindūs, after bathing in the Ganges, or other river, put on their best attire, perform a srāddha, and at night worship Laksh̤mī. The houses and streets are illuminated all night: and, in Hindūstān, the night is universally spent in gaming).

دهور dhaur H s. m. A large kind of dove.

درنده daranda P or darinda, part. act. (of دريدن Tearing; (adjec- tively) Rapacious, fierce, ravenous; (subst.) Ravenous beast, beast of prey.

درار darār S̱. (विदारण from r. दृ Rend, tear) s. m. A crack, a fissure, rift, rent, breach.

دوار doʼār A. (properly dauwār) s. m. Vertigo, giddiness.

ديبرا debrā H adj. Left, opposite of right.

دوبر dobar S̱. (from द्वौ) adj. Double.