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दम : ¹ dam mu 1. (a) breath = साँस q. v. △ ~ उखड़ना to be out of breath; ~ खींचना to withhold --, to become silent; ~ घुटना to be suffocated; ~ घोंटना to strangle, to suffocate; ~ घोंटनेवाला ~ घोंटू choking, suffocating. △ ~ टूटना to run short of --, to be exhausted; ~ तोड़ना to breathe one's last, to expire; ~ फूलना to pant, to gasp; ~ भरना to count for support; ~ मारना to boast of; ~ न मारना not to be able to say a word; ~ लेना to take breath/rest, to wait; ~ साधना to bate/hold one's --, to keep mum; ~ होंठों पर आना to be on the verge of death. (b) puff, pull: हुक्के का एक ~ लेना to have a

dīvānī I. a civil [अदालत court, क़ानून law, कार्यवाही proceed

dāūrān के ~ adv during, in the course of; एक महीने (साल, सप्ताह) के ~ in the course of a month (year, week); इसी ~ in the mean-while; बुख़ार के ~ during the fever.

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

dāl fu/c pulse, vetches [various kinds: उड़द की, अरहर की, मूँग की, चने की ~ ] ~ -चपाती/रोटी, pulse and bread, humble food; ~ दलिया pulse and porridge, coarse fare; ~ -भात pulse and rice, ordinary food; ~ पकाई जाती है, खाई जाती है -- is cooked, is eaten; △ यहाँ किसी की ~ नहीं गलती no one takes the advantage by tricks; दाल में कुछ काला है there is smth wrong here, you smell a rat here; ~ -रोटी चलना to maintain oneself somehow.

dukhiyā a [uninflected] distressed, afflicted = दुःखी.

dost mc friend [असली real, गहरा/जिगरी close, नया new, पुराना old, सच्चा true]; किसी तो ~ बनाना to make --s with smb; वे ~ हो गये they became/made --s. [syn. मित्र]

dabaṅg a bold, dauntless [आदमी man, अफ़सर officer]. [syn. साहसी]

dūr·gāmī a far-reaching [दृष्टि insight, परिणाम results, प्रभाव effects].

dakṣiṇ I. mu (a) south: मैं अपने कार्यालय के ~ में रहता हूँ I live -- of my office; सूर्य चढ़ते समय ~ हमारे दाहिने होता है the -- is on our right at sun-rise. (b) the Deccan, southern India, the South: हैदराबाद ~ में है Hyderabad is in the --. 2. a (a) south, southern [दिशा direction, वायु wind, ध्रुव pole]. (b) right; ~ पक्ष -- side; ~ पंथी rightist.

dussāh·sī a impudent, rash [चोर thief, नौकर servant, नायिका heroine].