ديال dayāl दयालु S̱. adj. Merciful, compas- sionate, gracious, beneficent, kind.

دلاوري dilāwar-ī P s. f. Bravery, boldness.

دولم dūlam H s. (dakh.) See ناٿهـ nāṭh.

دهرسانجهـ dhur-sānjh S̱. s. f. Dusk, twilight.

دهندلا dhaṅdlā H adj. (dakh.) Deceitful, artful. دهندلي پن dhaṅdle-pan, s. m. Deception, ar- tifice, fraud.

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

دعوي daﻌwī A s. f. 1. A lawsuit. 2. Claim, pretension, plaint, ac- cusation, action at law. دعوي دار daﻌwạ̄ or daﻌwī-dār, A plaintiff, a claimant, pretender. دعويٰ کرنا daﻌwạ̄ karnā, To claim, make claim on, accuse. A. P. دعويداري daﻌwe-dār-ī, s. (dakh.) Interested or selfish motives, prejudice.

دهنـﮩ‍ا dhanhā S̱. (from دهان dhān, q. v.) s. m. 1. A cultivator of rice. 2. adj. (of a country) In which rice is cultivated.

درويش darwesh P s. m. A dervis, a beggar. (Plur. درويشان darweshān).

دوو do-ū S̱. (from द्वौ) adj. (in Braj) Both.