دهننتري dhanantarī S̱. 1. (धन्वन्तरि) n. prop. The name of a physician in the court of Indra. 2. (धनवत्तर) adj. Powerful, strong.

دهنڐورا dhanḍorā H s. m. (dakh.) See ڐهنڐهورا ḍhanḍhora.

دوسي dosī H s. m. 1. Thick sour milk. 2. A Musalmān milkman.

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

دهارا धारा dhārā S s. f. A stream, a current. S. دهارن धारण (r. धृ Hold, bear) dhāraṇ, ver- bal n. s. Holding, bearing, sustaining, upholding, assuming, keeping. See دهارنا dhārnā.

دهاندهلپنا dhāndhal-panā H s. m. Chicanery, jug- gle, cheating, subterfuge.

دهٿينگر dhaṭīngar H adj. Ignoble, spurious.

درهم dirham A (from p. درم) s. m. 1. Money. 2. A silver coin, of which from 20 to 25 have at different times passed current for a dīnār, which latter is nearly equal to a ducat, or se- quin, about 9 shillings. (Pl. دراهم).

دچهناين दक्षिणायन दक्षिण South, and अयन Way dachchh̤ināyan S. s. m. Sunʼs southing or passing from north to south.

دتون datwan दंतधावन S̱. s. m. A toothbrush.