دستا dastā H s. m. Zinc, tutanag, lapis cala- minaris.

دسخطي dasḵẖat̤t̤-ī P adj. Of the signature or sign manual.

ديـﮩـي dīh-ī P adj. Rustick, rural. ڐ ڐ Is written thus to denote the Nāgarī ड, which is the twenty-ninth letter of the Sanskrit al- phabet, and has no corresponding sound or cha- racter in the Arabic or Persian language. It is pronounced by applying the tip of the tongue inverted to the palate. It is sometimes used for د and vice versa, as डंड for दंड.

داهنا dāhinā S̱. or dāhnā, adj. Right (opposite to left. Sans. दक्षिण South or right; because the earth, the navel of which corresponds to Hindūstān, has its head to the west, its feet to the east, the right side to the south, and the left to the north; or, perhaps, from the position of eastern people in adoration of the sun. In Arab. شمال denotes the north or left: and, this agrees with the manner in which the Roman augurs determined the regions of the heavens, according to Livy, I. 18.).

دهنوان dhuṅwāṅ S̱. s. m. Smoke. See دهونوا.

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

دهنگر dhan-gar S̱. s. m. (dakh.) Grazier, shepherd: see چرواها charwāhā.

دگپال dig-pāl S s. m. See دکپال dik-pāl.

دهيڙي کوا dheṛī kauwā H s. (dakh.) A large black crow.

دقيق daḳīḳ A (from دقّ) 1. adj. Difficult, abstruse. 2. Fine, minute. 3. s. m. Flour, meal.