دسته dasta rel. n. fr. dast
P دسته dasta (rel. n. fr. dast), s.m. A handle, helve, haft, hilt; a pestle; a handful, bundle; a bundle of twenty-four arrows; a quire (of paper); a hank or skein (of silk, thread, &c.), a clew; a nosegay; a flower-bed; a kind of button (sewn on the qabā or coat); division of an army, brigade, squadron:—dasta-dār, s.m. Commander of a division or brigade, a brigadier.
دستی dastī dast, q.v.+ī = S. इन्
P دستی dastī (dast, q.v.+ī = S. इन्), adj. Of or from the hand, manual;—having a handle, handled;—s.f. A small handle; a vessel with a handle or handles; any vessel, &c., that may be lifted by or carried in the hand; a small pen-case; a torch or link carried in the hand; a trick with the hand (in wrestling); a present to native officials at the dasahrā festival.
دشتی dashtī dasht+ī = S. इन्
P دشتی dashtī (dasht+ī = S. इन्), adj. Of the desert or forest; wild, savage.
دوستی dostī
P دوستی dostī [dost, q.v.+ī = Zend i = S. इ], s.f. Amity, friendship; love, affection, attachment, intimacy; illicit love:—dostī-kā dam bharnā (kī-), To make a boast of friendship (for), to pretend or affect friendship (for):—dostī karnā (-se), To form a friendship or an intimacy (with).
