دها dah-ā P (from ده Ten) s. m. 1. The first ten days of the Muḥarram: called also عشره and عاشورا 2. The models of the tombs of Ḥasan and Ḥusain, or the model of a building containing the tombs, which are carried about in procession during those ten days. On the tenth day the tombs are buried, or in some places thrown into water: the building, if made of cheap materials, shares the same fate: if costly, it is carried back and deposited in the dargāh or Karbalā.

دلانا dulānā दोलन S̱. v. a. To agitate, to toss, to shake.

دراٴي darāʼī P s. f. 1. A bell. 2. (in compos. from درامدن To enter, or from دراييدن To talk, to vociferate) Entering, conversation, talking, beginning of a discourse. هرزه دراٴي harza- darāʼī, s. f. Talking nonsense, chattering. ديده دراٴي dīda-darāʼī, s. f. Intercourse or conversa- tion with the eyes. 3. Contradiction. 4. A blacksmithʼs hammer.

ديسنا dīsnā S̱. (r. दृश See) v. n. To look, to seem, to appear, to be visible.

دوته do-tah P adj. Double, twice, bent.

دهوما dhūm-ā धूम्र S̱. s. m. The name of a co- lour (like that of smoke), purple.

دهوتا dhotā धूर्त्त S̱. adj. False, treacherous, perfidious.

دفتر daftar P s. m. A book, volume, journal, re- cord, register, account-book, archives, roll. دفترخانه daftar-ḵẖāna, s. m. An office, counting- house, archives. (Arab. Plur. دفاتر).

درمن darman P. (contract. of درمان) s. m. Drug, remedy, medicine.

دلاو dulāʼo S̱. (from دلانا) s. m. Agitation.