dāvedār mc (f) claimant: राज्य का ~ -- for the throne/ crown.

dillagī fu jest, fun, joke: कविता लिखना कोई ~ नहीं है it is not a joke/fun to write poetry; किसी से ~ करना to jest/joke with smb, to make fun of smb; ~ उड़ाना to cut jokes with; ~ में in jest. [syn. मज़ाक]

dimāGī a mental [काम work (brain work), बीमारी disease, हालत condition]; ~ तौर पर mentally. [syn. मानसिक]

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

drohī a spiteful, malicious [व्यक्‍ति person].

dūt mc emissary: यम के ~ emissaries of the god of Death; राजा के ~ king's emissaries, couriers; राजदूत ambassador; वाणिज्यदूत consul.

dorāhā mc bisecting road: एक मील के बाद ~ था there was a -- after a mile.

² dāG mu (a) cremation: शव की ~ देना to cremate a dead body. (b) burn, brand: घोड़े को ~ लगाया गया the horse was branded. (c) burning grief: लड़के के मरने का ~ the -- caused by the son's death.

dikhāv·ṭī a 1. showy, pretentious [व्यक्‍ित person, शिष्टाचार etiquette, संस्कृति culture]. 2. artificial [दाँत teeth, अंग limbs].

dakṣiṇ-pashchim mu and a south-west: बम्बई का ~ the -- of Bombay; बम्बई के ~ में in the -- of Bombay; ~ प्रदेश -- region.