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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dhar•na n.

British Empire(in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.

Also, dhurna.

Hindi: placing
1785–95

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