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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

divālā mu bankruptcy: उसका ~ निकल/पिट/बोल गया he has become bankrupt. उसने ~ निकाल/ पीट/बोल दिया है he has declared himself bankrupt.

dviguṇ a double = दुगना q. v.

³ dastā mc handle: चाकू (दराँती, कुदाली) का ~ -- of a knife (sickle, hoe); लकड़ी का ~ wooden --.

den·dār I. m (f) debtor: मैं उनका ~ हूँ I am indebted to him/her; वह एक पैसे का भी ~ नहीं था he was not liable to pay even a single paisa.

dotar·fā a [uninflected] two-sided, bilateral [कार्रवाई action, प्रबन्ध arrangement, लोग people].

durbhāv·nā fc ill-will, malice; ~ होना to bear --; मेरे मन में कोई ~ नहीं थी there was no -- in my mind; दुर्भावनाएँ दूर करना to remove --; ~ फैलाना to spread --. [ant. सद्भावना]

darmiyān = दरमियान q. v.

dī vt [fem. past pl. of देना] gave, given: मैने उसे किताबें दीं I gave her/him books. [masc. sing. दिया, masc. pl. दिये, fem. sing. दी]

dupaṭṭā mc scarf: सिर पर ~ ओढ़ना to cover the head with a --; △ सहेली से ~ बदलना to make close friends.

doābā mc tract between two rivers, Doaba: दुआबे के लोग people of --; गंगा-यमुना का ~ the -- between Ganga and Yamuna.