دڙهتا दृढता diṛhatā S or dr̤iṛhatā, s. f. Firmness, strength.

دهرمي धर्मी dharm-ī S adj. Virtuous, just.

دانڐي dānḍī दंड S̱. s. f. A balance.

دسخط dasḵẖat̤t̤ P contraction of دست خط dast- ḵẖat̤t̤, which see under دست dast.

در durr A (Heb. Esth: I. 6. Bochart. Hieroz.) s. m. A pearl. (In Pers. and Hind. dur). درافشان dur-afshān, Scattering pearls; eloquent. دربار dur-bār, Raining pearls. درريز dur-rez (Shedding pearls) adj. Eloquent. درريزي dur-rez-ī, s. f. Eloquence.

ديساوري desāwar-ī S or disāwar-ī (देशावरी Fo- reign) s. m. 1. A kind of betel-leaf. 2. A kind of dove.

داسا dāsā H s. m. 1. A piece of wood sticking out from a wall to support the thatch (or chhap- par). 2. A reapinghook. (Sans. दात्र).

دهمکا dhamkā H s. m. 1. Great heat. 2. Threat- ening, chiding. 3. Thump, noise produced by the fall of any heavy body.

دي dai P The tenth month of the solar year, when the sun is in the sign Capricorn, Decem- ber, beginning of winter.

دهانا dahānā S̱. (causal of دهنا from दहन) v. a. To burn.