dampati mc couple, husband and wife; नव ~ newly married --.

durbhāgya mu misfortune, ill luck; यह मेरा ~ था it was my --; ~ से unfortunately. [ant. सौभाग्य]

daftarī I. a office [काम work, कर्मचारी employees, कार्रवाई routine]. II. mc book-binder = जिल्दसाज़ q. v.

doh·rānā vt (a) to revise: दस्तावेज़ (पाठ, पुस्तक, राय) ~ -- document (lesson, book, opinion). (b) to repeat: शब्द (प्रश्न, प्रार्थना) ~ -- a word (question, request);

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

dam·kal fc fire engine: ~ के कर्मचारी fire brigade; आग बुझाने के लिए ~ मँगवाई गई a -- was sent for to extinguish fire.

dikh·lāī fu [better दिखाई q. v.]

drohī a spiteful, malicious [व्यक्‍ति person].

duvidhā fu dilemma, fix, suspense, uncertainty: मेरे सामने ~ आ पड़ी है I am facing a dilemma; वह ~ में पड़ गया he was in a --, he was on the horns of a dilemma; इस बात ने उसे ~ में डाल दिया this thing put him into a --; △ ~ में दोनों गये माया मिली न राम a man after two hares catches neither.

dab·nā vi 1. to be pressed (down): वह भार से दबा था he was -- under a weight. 2. to be buried: दो आदमी मकान के नीचे दबे पड़े थे two men lay buried under the house; ज़मीन में दबा है is buried in the ground. 3. मामला दब गया the matter was hushed up; हम भीड़ में दब गये we were squeezed in the crowd; अब भी उसके सौ रूपये दबे हैं even now a hundred rupees of his are withheld; वे हमसे दबते हैं they cool down before us, they yield to us. [vt दबाना]