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

dã̄tā mc cog, tooth: कंधी (आरे, पहिये) का ~ tooth of a comb (saw, wheel).

dut·kār·nā vt (a) to snub, to rebuke, to reproach indignantly: मास्टरजी ने उसे दुतकारा the teacher snubbed/rebuked her/ him. (b) to drive away: कुत्ते को दुतकार दिया drove away the dog.

dūtāvās mc embassy: भारतीय ~ -- of India; दिल्ली में बने विदेशियों के ~ foreigners' embassies built in Delhi.

dotallā a [unilflected] double-storeyed; ~ मकान building/house. [syn. दोमंज़िला]

dās·tā fu (a) slavery: ~ से मुक्‍त करना to emancipate; अब हम युद्धबंदियों को ~ में नहीं रखते we no longer keep war-prisoners in -- [syn. ग़ुलामी]. (b) bondage: हम अंग्रेज़ की ~ से मुक्‍त हुए we were freed from the -- of the British. [syn. परतंत्रता]

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]

donālī fc double-barelled gun [see बंदूक़].

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.]

dikh·lānā vt = दिखाना is more common.