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]

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

dūj fu second day of lunar fortnight: ~ का चाँद new moon; △ तुम तो ~ का चाँद हो गये हो you are seen quite rarely.

daṅgal mc (a) wrestling-bout/ tournament: आज बाहर के पहलवानों के ~ होंगे today there will be --s of wrestlers from outside; ~ करना to have a wrestling bout. (b) wrestling arena: ~ में उतरो come down into the --. (c) competing crowd: कवियों का ~ -- of poets.

doh·rāī fc revision: पाठ की ~ -- of lesson. ~ करना to revise; पत्र की ~ करते हुए while revising the letter. [cf. दोहराना]

duṣṭatā fu wickedness, mischievousness: उसे अपनी ~ का फल मिला he got the fruit of his --.

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.

dalāl mc broker, middle- man, agent: संपत्ति का ~ property --; ~ ने यह सौदा कराया a -- had this bargain struck. [syn. एजेंट]

dikh·lāī fu [better दिखाई q. v.]

dikh·nā vi [colloquial for दिखाई देना q. v.] to be seen, to appear.