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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

doruḵẖī fu double facedness, duplicity: व्यक्‍ितत्व की ~ double personality. [cf. दोरंगी]

darmiyān = दरमियान q. v.

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]

² -dān suff [meaning container]: क़लमदान pen box; पानदान box for betel leaves; इत्रदान otto-box.

durbodh a unintelligible, incomprehensible, obscure [अर्थ sense, नियम rules, भाषा language, वाक्य sentence, शैली style]. [ant. सुबोध]

dikh·lāī fu [better दिखाई q. v.]

dub·lā a lean [आदमी man, घोड़ा horse, चेहरा face]; दुबली लड़की (गाय, चिड़िया) -- girl (cow, bird); ~ -पतला lean and thin. [syn. दुर्बल]

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.

duniyādārī fu worldliness; ~ में पड़ा हुआ involved in --; ~ रहने दो leave the worldly formalities; ~ की बातें worldly affairs.

dehāt 1. mc village: ~ के लोग -- people; देहातों में in villages; दूर-दूर के देहातों से from far off villages. [syn. गाँव] 2. mu country- side: ~ के खेत (दृश्य, पेड़-पौधे) fields (scenery, flora) in the --.