ḍāin fc (a) witch, sorceress: ~ जादू-टोना करती है a -- practises sorcery. (b) [abusive] wretched woman: अरी ~ O, wretched woman/girl. [syn. चुड़ैल]

ḍaṭ·nā vi to stand firm, to remain stubborn: युद्धभूमि में सैनिक डटे हुए हैं soldiers are standing firm in the battle-field; वे वहीं डट गये they stood firm there; वे वहीं डटे रहे they stuck stubbornly there; सिपाही डटकर लड़े the soldiers fought stubbornly.

ḍīzal mu (a) diesel [इंजन engine, तेल oil]. (b) diesel oil: आज- कल बहुत-सी गाड़ियाँ ~ से चलती हैं these days many trains are run by --.

ḍis·mis a [predicative] dismissed: मुक़द्दमा ~ हो गया the law-suit was --; उसे नौकरी से ~ किया गया he was -- from service.

ḍākā mc dacoity, robbery: डाकुओं ने ~ डाला the dacoits committed a --; गाँव में ~ पड़ा the village was attacked by dacoits. [syn. डकैती]

ḍāk-ṭikaṭ mc postage stamp. [see टिकट]

ḍã̄ṭ fu rebuke, reprimand [also डाँट-डपट, डाँट-फटकार]: ~ देना to rebuke, to reprimand; ~ खाना to receive --, to be rebuked; मैंने पिताजी से ~ खाई I was rebuked by my father; मुझे पिताजी से ~ खानी पड़ी I had to receive -- from my father.

ḍres fc/u dress [पूरी full, स्कूल की school, नयी new]; ~ पहनना to dress oneself; ~ उतारना to take one's -- off. [syn. पोशाक]

ḍyoṛhī fc vestibule, porch: लोग ~ में बैठे थे people sat in the --; अब प्रायः मकानों में ड्‍योढ़ियाँ नहीं होतीं now, in general, there are no vestibules/porches in houses

ḍeṛh a one and a half: ~ किलो (मीटर, रुपया, दिन, वर्ष) a kilo (metre, rupee, day, year) and a half; ~ बजे at half past one; ~ सौ one hundred and fifty; ~ हज़ार one thousand and five hundred, △ ~ ईंट की मस्जिद अलग बनाना, ~ चावल की खिचड़ी अलग पकाना to form a new party, to remain aloof.