دانتي dānt-ī दन्त S̱. s. f. The tooth of a saw or other instrument, cog (of a wheel). دانتي پڙنا dāntī paṛnā, v. n. To be notched or indent- ed (the edge of a tool). دانتي دينا dāntī denā, To insist upon. دانتي لگنا dāntī lagnā, To have a locked jaw.

دنبه dumba P s. m. A kind of sheep with a thick tail.

دار dār P 1. (Sans. दारु Wood) s. m. Gallows, a gibbet, an empaling stake. دارپرکهينچنا dār par khainchnā, To empale. 2. part. act. (of داشتن To have) in compos. Having, possessing, holding, possessor, keeper, lord, master; as, آب دار āb-dār, 1. adj. Watery. 2. Resplendent. 3. s. m. A person entrusted with the charge of water for drinking. حصه دار ḥiṣṣa-dār, A partaker. عمل دار aﻌmal-dār, A tax- gatherer. دار گير dār-gīr or دار و گير dār o gīr,

دوکاني dūkān-ī P 1. s. f. Shopkeeping. 2. s. m. A shopkeeper.

دهوکها dhokhā H s. m. 1. Deceit, deception, de- lusion, blunder. دهوکها دينا dhokhā denā, To deceive. دهوکها کهانا dhokhā khānā, To be de- ceived. 2. Disappointment. 3. Doubt, hesi- tation. 4. A scarecrow. 5. Any thing imagi- nary, not real, a vapour resembling water at a distance. (French, mirage).

دکهڙا dukhṛā S̱. (from दुःख) s. m. Misfortunes, calamities.

دام dāma A v. past tense. 3d pers. sing. mas. (from دوم) May (it) be perpetual. دام دولته dāma daulatuhu, May his fortune or prosperity continue. دام ظله يا ظلـﮩم dāma-z̤illuhu or -z̤il- luhum, May his or their prosperity continue.

دروش darosh P s. m. 1. An awl. 2. A lancet.

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.).

درم diram P s. m. Money: see درهم dirham.