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

dāūṛ-dhūp fu toil and bustle, hard struggle, strenuous effort: चुनाव के लिए बड़ी ~ हो रही है great toil and bustle is going on for the election; वे सारा दिन ~ करते रहे they struggled hard (made strenuous efforts) all the day.

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

dam-dilāsā mc false hope, vain consolation; ~ देना to give --; किसी के दम-दिलासें में आना to be deceived by someone's false hopes.

driṣṭānt mcinstance: सटीक ~ appropriate --; ~ के लिए for --; उसने अपने कथन कि पुष्टि में कई ~ दिये he/she gave many --s in support of his/her statement.

daGābāz a treacherous, perfidious, deceitful [दोस्त friend, लोमड़ी vixen, औरत woman]. [syn. छली, धोखेबाज़]

dūbhar a difficult, arduous [काम work, चढ़ाई ascent]; आज का दिन कटना ~ हो गया है it has become -- to pass this day. [syn. कठिन, मुश्किल]

dikh·lānā vt = दिखाना is more common.

drishya I. mc sight, scene, view [प्राकृतिक natural, भयानक dreadful/frightening, सुन्दर beautiful]; नदी का ~ -- of a river; शहर के ~ sights of the town; नाटक का ~ scene of a drama. II. a (a) visible [पदार्थ things, प्रकाश light, क्षेत्र region, क्षितिज horizon]; ~ भूमि landscape. (b) visual: ~ साधन -- aids.

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]