durguṇ mc (a) vice: समाज (संस्था, व्यक्‍ित‍, शैली) के ~ --s of a society (institution, person, style). (b) defect: मशीन का ~ -- in a machine. [syn. ख़राबी, ऐब]

² dar mu/c door, threshold: किसी के ~ पर at smb's --; दर-ब-दर or दर-दर फिरना to go from door to door, to wander about; ~ -दर की ठोकरें खाना to be tossed about from place to place. [see दरबान, दरबार, दरवाज़ा]

devī-dev·tā mc [final -ā does not change] goddesses and gods: हमने यूनानी देवी-देवताओं के बारे में पढ़ा है we have read about Greek gods and goddesses.

¹ daṇḍ mu (a) punishment [अनुशासनात्मक disciplinary, उचित proper, कड़ा severe, शारीरिक corporal]; ~ देना to punish, to sentence: चोर को एक वर्ष का ~ दिया गया the thief was punished for (sentenced to) one year; लड़के को ~ मिला the boy received the punishment. (b) penalty: मुझे ~ देना/ भरना/भुगतना पड़ा I had to pay the --. [syn. सज़ा]

dīdī fc elder sister [particularly in addressing]: ~, सुनो sister, listen.

duniyādār a worldly; ~ लोग -- people.

dāī fc midwife, wet nurse; हस्पताल की ~ a hospital --; ~ का काम midwifery; △ ~ से पेट छिपाना no feigning of sickness before a doctor.

dariyāī a riverain [आदमी man, बालू sand]; ~ घोड़ा river- horse, hippopotamus; ~ नारियल sea coconut.

¹ dafā fc (unchanged) time, times: एक ~ once; कई ~ several times; पहली ~ (for the first time; दिन में चार ~ four times a day. [syn. बार q. v.]

dvādash a twelve = बारह q. v.