s. m. (A.), ) One time, one turn; section; paragraph, article:—dafádár, s. m. An officer of infantry or cavalry, commanding a small body of men; a police officer:—dafádárí, s. f. An office or rank of a dafádár:—dafá hojáṉá, hoṉá, v. n. To be repelled, to be removed; to be destroyed; to be off; to be turned back:—dafá karná, v. a. To repel, to remove, to destroy, to dispel, to avert, to prevent; to ward off; to guard or provide against:—dafá láuṉí, v. a. To frame a charge:—dafá laggṉí, v. n. To be framed (said of a charge).