dīyā-salāī fc (safety) match, match-stick; ~ का कारख़ाना -- factory; ~ की डिबिया match box; ~ जलाना to light a --; ~ लगाना to burn, △ to damn.

dām mc [gen. pl.]. price [औसत average, कम/थोड़े low, भारी heavy]; ~ आँकना (चुकाना/भरना/देना, घटाना, बढ़ाना) to assess (pay, decrease, increase) the --; ऊँचे या सस्ते दामों पर at a high or cheap --; △ ~ (तय) करना to settle the --; ~ करावे काम money makes the mare go; good remuneration good labour. [syn. क़ीमत, मूल्य]

dey a (a) due: ~ छुट्टी leave --; ~ धन dues; ~ होना to fall --. (b) payable: मुझे इतना ~ है so much is -- from me, I have to pay so much.

dogunā a twice as much = दुगना q. v.

duhsāhas mu =दुस्साहस q. v.

dahal·nā vi to be terrified/terror-stricken: शेर की दहाड़ सुनकर मेरा जी दहल गया/उठा my heart was terror-stricken on hearing the roar of a lion.

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]

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.]

dīrgha a (a) long [आयु life, काल time, जीवन life (longevity), तरंग wave, सेवा service, स्वर vowel/ note]. (b) large [काया body, क्षेत्र area, आकार size]. (c) ~ निःश्‍वास deep sigh; ~ श्‍वास deep breath; ~ निद्रा long sleep, death. [syn. लंबा, बड़ा]

dev, देवता dev·tā mc [the latter is more common] (a) deity, god; हिन्दुओं के ~ Hindu gods; सूर्य ~ Sun-god; यम ~ the -- of Death; ~ -मंदिर temple of a --. [fem. देवी]. (b) [in proper names] रामदेव, हरदेव, कृष्णदेव, etc.