دسته dasta P s. m. 1. A handle. 2. A pestle. 3. A quire of paper. 4. A bundle consisting of twenty four arrows. 5. A handful. 6. A skein of thread. 7. A division of an army, a brigade, squadron. دسته دار dasta-dār, s. m. Commander of a dasta, a brigadier.

دوار dauwār A adj. (superl. of دور) Round, revolving. چرخ دوار charḵẖ-i-dauwār, The revolving heavens.

دهارنا dhārnā S̱. v. a. 1. (धारण r. धृ Hold, bear) To hold, to bear, to have, to keep, to place, to owe, to sustain, to support, to uphold. 2. (from دهار or धारा) To pour (water).

دلـﮩ‍ن dalihan S̱. (from द्विदल Two halves, and अन्न Grain) s. f. Any sort of pulse which may be split; as دال dāl.

دري darī P s. f. 1. A small carpet. 2. A dialect of the Persian language, the origin and pecu- liarities of which are variously defined by Persian lexicographers. Some alledge its distinctive mark to be when the form of the word is com- plete, without contraction; as bugo, ishkam, Darī; go and shikam, Pārsī. Others make it the dialect of a certain district, comprehending Balkh, Bukhārā, Badakhshān, Marū-Shāh-Jān, and Bāmiyān. The name is by some said to be derived from dara, a valley among hills; which corresponds with its origin in Badakh- shān and the mountainous part of Kandhār. Others assert that it was spoken at the court of the monarchs of the Kaiānian dynasty, and derive the name from dar a gate or dargāh a

دهنک dhanak H s. f. Embroidery, lace.

دهند dhund H s. (dakh.) Design, intention, idea, thought: see قصد ḳasd and خيال ḵẖayāl.

ديوراني dewrānī, dyaurānī S̱. or diwrānī (from देवर) s. f. Husbandʼs younger brotherʼs wife.

دشتي dasht-ī P adj. Of the forest, wild, savage. S. دشٿ दुष्ट (r. दुष Be unclean) dush̤ṭ, adj. Bad, wicked, depraved, faulty; enemy. دشٿبچن dush̤ṭ-bachan, Bad word, speech or language.

دريافت daryāft P (from دريافتن) s. f. Conceiving, understanding, comprehension, discovery, finding out, investigation. دريافت کرنا daryāft karnā, To conceive, understand, comprehend, discover, perceive, find out; detect. دريافت هونا daryāft honā, To be discovered.