durgati fu miserable condition, predicament; उसकी ~ हो रही थी he/she was in a --; ~ होना = गत बनना q. v.

dam·ṛī fc an obsolete coin worth one-eighth of a paisa, damri: △ ~ पास न होना to be penniless; ~ के तीन-तीन होना/बिकना to sell dirt cheap, to become destitute; ~ की बुढ़िया टका सिर मुँड़ाई easier to have a new one than to mend one.

dotallā a [unilflected] double-storeyed; ~ मकान building/house. [syn. दोमंज़िला]

dūdh-pūt mu men and money, wealth and children. भगवान् तुम्हें ~ से सुखी रखे may God make you happy with --.

dar·miyān mu middle: ~ में in the --; के ~ between; दो पार्टियों के ~ between two parties; इस ~ में in the meanwhile. [syn. बीच q. v.]

damak·nā vi to glitter, to flash, to glow: हीरा दमकता है diamond glitters/glows. [syn. चमकना]

dug·nā a twice as much, double, two-fold [better दुगुना]

dīrgha·kālīn a long, long-term; ~ अनुभव (नौकरी, संसद्) long-experience (service, parliament); ~ उधार (ऋण, समझौता, योजना) long-term credit (loan, agreement, plan).

devī-dev·tā mc [final -ā does not change] goddesses and gods: हमने यूनानी देवी-देवताओं के बारे में पढ़ा है we have read about Greek gods and goddesses.

durbhāv·nāpūrṇa a malicious [कार्य act, व्यवहार conduct].