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DP.RMA

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Dt.RITA

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ddrma. I. [Skr. dharma.] Alms, gifts to
the poor by the charitable, gifts to a subject
by a prince. Menberi derma akan segala fakir
dan miskmn: to distribute charitable gifts to
the poor and needy; Sej. Mal., 69. Di-surohnya derma akan segalafakir: he ordered charity
to be distributed to the poor; Ht. P. J. P.
The word also occurs in the sense of gifts
without any attendant idea of charity, and
in the sense of favour without any idea of
gift. Jikalan ada derma kurniya tuwan-ku:
by the favour and kindness of my Lord;
Sej. Mal., 43. Mendermtakan segala raja-raja:
to bestow gifts upon all the princes (attending
the court); Ht. Sg. Samb.
Balai derman: a hall where gifts are distributed to the poor people in a court.
Dermawan: charitable.
II. The word derma is also of constant
occurrence in proper names of Sanskrit origin,
e. g., Dermawangsa (the name for Yudisthira
in the Malayo-Javanese versions of the Mahabharata), Dermabayu, Dermadezwa (the creation
of Vishnu in the Hikdyat Sang Samba), De'rmadewi (the creation of Brahma, and wife of
Dermadewa), etc. Sikap-nya tiyada berlawan
saperii Sang Dermadewa tetekala turun dari
keyangan demikiyan rupa-nya: his appearance
was peerless, it was as that of Sang Dermadewa when he descended from heaven; Cr.
Gr., 78.

OaJ. dermawan. [Skr. dharntawant.] Charitable, kindly; the adjective of deerma, q. v.
d6r6mem. Bederenem~z: (Kedah) dirty-faced;. -a term of abuse.,~ derin. (Onom?) The trumpeting of an
elephant,-a local (Perak?) variant of dering,
q. v. Masok di-dalam kawan gajak mnzetderin:
to trumpet when in the society of elephants;
to do at Rome as the Romans do; Prov., Ht.
Raj. Don., 14.
Lj d6rni or dir6ni. The sill or threshold of a door.
drau. I. (Onom.) The sound of an
approaching shower of rain; the sound of
rushing waters.
II. Berderau: to plant padi by co-operative
labour.,i d6ru. (Onom.) A roar as of a storm or of a
crowd or of an inundation. Menderu': to.
roar, as people all rushing in one direction;
Ht. Abd., II7; Ht. Gul. Bak., 52; or as a
storm; Ht. Abd., 363; or as water rushing
into a hollow; Bint. Tim., 22 February, 1895.
(5,) darwi. Crumbling, falling to pieces. Also
pe, rui, repui, etc.
tL~.)3 darwish. Pers. A dervish, a religious mendicant; Ht. Ism. Yat., I74. Pakaiyan d.: the
garb of a dervish; Ht. Hamz., 21. Pakaiyan

nya saperti darwzsh akan tetapi usul-nya itu
hanba lihat saperti orang besar-basar: his
clothes are those of a beggar, but from his
bearing I can see that he is a man of high
rank; Ht. Gul. Bak., 121.
< i.t dtrhaka or drhahka. [Skr. droha.] Treason, treachery, betrayal. Ada-kaR patut kita
derhaka akandiya? Is it right that we should
betray their confidence? Ht. Abd., i6. Berbuwat d.: to do an act of treason or treachery;
Ht. Sg. Samb. Mendurhaka: id., Ht. Abd.,
i6, 251, 252; Sh. Peng., 25.
The word is variously pronounced durhaka,
derhaka, durahka, deraka and derahka.
)'9 derham or dirham. [Arab. and Pers.] A
small silver coin once current in Persia and
Mesopotamia, and often mentioned in old
tales derived from Persian or Arabic sources;
money generally; Sej. Mal., 7; Ht. Koris;
Ht. Gul. Bak., 9.
At the present time the term de'rham is
applied to gold Turkish coins often worn as
charms or ornaments and prized because of
their origin; e. g.:Bula n terang tengah malanm,
Chelhaya-nya inurain te'nggelamn timbul,
Tuwan laksana bairaug derham
Sediya ada siuratan Istamb4l:
you, Sir, are like the dirhaml pieces which are
all marked with Turkish characters; you have
the hall-mark of greatness on you..5j. dari. See..
S)- d6rai. I. (Onom.) A clattering sound such
as that of rain upon a window-pane.
II. Berderai-derai: in Indian file; one after
another in long procession-used of the fall
of flower blossoms; Ht. Koris; Sh. Kumb.
Chumb., 5; and of the flight of certain birds.
Cf. dtdai.
\)lJ darya. Pers. Sea, ocean, river; a watery
mass. Wakil d.: the Lord of the Waters;
Ht. Kal. Dam., o19.
<... d6rita. [Skr. dlhreta.] Menderita: to stand,
to put up with, to support. Tiyada menderita
lagi: to be unable to hold out any longer; Ht.
Sg. Samb.
Tiyada terderita: insupportable; Ht. Gul.
Bak., 29.
Menangis Panji tiyada derita,
Hingga gugoran ayer nata;

Kapada Galoh diya-lah cherita
Sebab tuwan kakanda bSrchinta:
Panji could no longer restrain himself from
weeping; his tears came raining down at last,
while to the Princess he related how he, her
lover, had pined for her throughout.

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