dūṣit a contaminated, defiled [पदार्थ articles, वायु air, वातावरण atmosphere, मनोवृत्ति mentality]; ~ करना to contaminate, to vitiate: पानी (हवा, वायु- मंडल) को ~ करना to contaminate water (air, atmosphere).

desh-bhakti fu patriotism: हमारे नेताओं की ~ -- of our leaders; उनमें ~ कूट-कूट कर भरी थी they were fully imbued with --.

durāgrah mu obstinacy, obduracy; हड़तालियों का ~ -- of the strikers; ~ करना to be obstinate/ obdurate. [syn. ज़िद्द, हठ]

dalīl fc argument [कमज़ोर weak, ज़ोरदार strong]; ~ काटना to refute an --; ~ देना to argue, to plead. [syn. तर्क q. v.]

dug·nā a twice as much, double, two-fold [better दुगुना]

dakkhin mu (a) south: गाँव यहाँ से ~ पड़ता है the village lies to the south from here. (b) the Deccan, southern India.

dināṅk m date: आज ~ १२ को today the 12th; आपका पत्र ~ १२.६.७६ मिला I have received your letter dated 12.9.76; ~ के बिना dateless, without --. [syn. तारीख़, but written form.]

driṣṭikoṇ mc point of view, angle of vision: सरकारी ~ official/government --; ~ अपनाना to have a --, to take a stand; इस ~ से from this --; आप मेरा ~ नहीं समझ पाये you could not understand my --.

dāūṛānā vt [caus. from दौड़ना] to cause to run: डाक्‍टर के पास आदमी ~ to make a person run to a doctor; घोड़ा ~ to make a horse gallop; कार ~ to drive a car; शिकार के पीछे कुत्ते ~ to send dogs in pursuit of a game; ख़्याल ~ to give wings to thoughts.

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