داهنا dāhnā दाहन S̱. v. a. To burn.

دڙچنا daṛachnā H v. (dakh. i. q. دباکربهرنا) To fill having pressed down (?).

دهکانا dahkānā S̱. (caus. of دهکنا) v. a. 1. To burn, to kindle. 2. To ruin, destroy, lose. 3. To cause to regret. 4. To heat (iron, &c.).

داراٴي dārāʼī P adj. Of Darius; s. f. (vulg. درياٴي) Red silk-cloth.

دهسکنا dhasaknā H v. n. To give way, to sink (as, a quagmire or slough).

دهات dihāt P s. m. plur. (of ده dih) Villages; the country.

ديونل dīʼū-nal S̱. s. m. (dakh.) Reed. S̱. H. ديونـﮩ‍ار dewan-hār, s. (dakh.) Giver.

دهڙا dhaṛā H s. m. 1. A party. 2. A weight. دهڙا باندهنا dhaṛā bāndhnā, To make up a standard to weigh by, with bricks or any thing else; as, by having one weight (of a pound, suppose) it is doubled, quadrupled, and so on, till the weight requisite is obtained.

دهوني dhūnī S̱. (from धूम) s. f. 1. Persevering. 2. Smoke. 3. A fire lighted by a Hindū faḳīr, over which he sits, imbibing the smoke, by way of penance. It is often practised by them, in the manner of dharnā, to extort compliance with their demands. Hence دهوني دينا dhūnī denā, To dun, to importune: to smoke. دهوني لگاني dhūnī lagānī, To insist obstinately, or to persevere in a demand. 4. Fumigation by way of exorcising one possessed; or, as a medical application. دهوني لينا dhūnī lenā, To inhale smoke, or undergo fumigation.

ديسکار deskār H s. m. Name of a rāginī or mu- sical mode, sung in the morning.