dehānt mu death; उसका ~ हो गया he died.

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

daboch·nā vt to pounce upon, to swoop down upon: लड़के ने चोर का गला दबोच लिया the boy seized the thief by the throat; बिल्ली ने तोते को जा दबोचा the cat pounced upon the parrot; महिला ने एक डाकू को घर दबोचा the lady swooped down upon the dacoit and seized him.

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

dostī fu friendship: पक्की ~ firm/lasting --; ~ दिखाना to show --; दोनों में बड़ी ~ थी there was great -- between the two; ~ गाँठना/बनाना/करना to make friends, to strike a --; ~ चलती है, बढ़ती है -- lasts, grows. △ ~ का दम भरना to affect --, to pretend to be a friend. [syn. मित्रता; also ~ -यारी]

duravasthā fu sad plight, miserable condition, predicament: घर (देश, संस्था) की ~ -- of a home (country, institution); ~ को पहुँचना come to a --; ~ में in --.

daman·kārī I. a repressive [कार्रवाइयाँ actions, नीति policy, उपाय measures]. II. mc repressor: वह दमनकारियों के हाथों मारा गया he was killed at the hands of --s.

darmiyān = दरमियान q. v.

doG·lā a (a) cross-bred, mongrel [कुत्ता dog, हिरन deer, बैल ox]. (b) hybrid; ~ शब्द -- word; दोग़ली भाषा -- language. (c) (in contempt) mongrel, double-faced person.

¹ dafā fc (unchanged) time, times: एक ~ once; कई ~ several times; पहली ~ (for the first time; दिन में चार ~ four times a day. [syn. बार q. v.]