dardanāk a painful, piteous [कहानी story, घटना event, मृत्यु death].

² dafā fc section (of an Act): ~ लगाना to charge under section: उस पर डकैती की ~ लगायी गई है he/she has been accused under the section on dacoity; १४४वीं ~ or ~ १४४ section 144. [syn. धारा]

² -dān suff [meaning container]: क़लमदान pen box; पानदान box for betel leaves; इत्रदान otto-box.

dāūlat fu wealth, riches= धन q. v.

¹ dam mu 1. (a) breath = साँस q. v. △ ~ उखड़ना to be out of breath; ~ खींचना to withhold --, to become silent; ~ घुटना to be suffocated; ~ घोंटना to strangle, to suffocate; ~ घोंटनेवाला ~ घोंटू choking, suffocating. △ ~ टूटना to run short of --, to be exhausted; ~ तोड़ना to breathe one's last, to expire; ~ फूलना to pant, to gasp; ~ भरना to count for support; ~ मारना to boast of; ~ न मारना not to be able to say a word; ~ लेना to take breath/rest, to wait; ~ साधना to bate/hold one's --, to keep mum; ~ होंठों पर आना to be on the verge of death. (b) puff, pull: हुक्के का एक ~ लेना to have a

durbodh a unintelligible, incomprehensible, obscure [अर्थ sense, नियम rules, भाषा language, वाक्य sentence, शैली style]. [ant. सुबोध]

damak·nā vi to glitter, to flash, to glow: हीरा दमकता है diamond glitters/glows. [syn. चमकना]

dar·kār I. fu need, necessity: मुझे इसकी ~ नहीं है I have no -- for it, I don't need it; कहने की

dobārā I. a (a) double; ~ भुगतान -- payment. (b) fresh: ~ लिखाई -- writing. II. adv twice: इसे ~ करो do it --.

dishā fc direction [अलग-अलग different, उलटी opposite, ठीक right] इस ~ में in this --; उसी ~ में in the same --; लोग सब दिशाओं से आ रहे थे people were coming from all --s; चारों दिशाओं में in all the four --s. [syn. ओर]