dāvedār mc (f) claimant: राज्य का ~ -- for the throne/ crown.

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]

diler a bold, daring [आदमी man, औरत woman]; एक ~ लड़का आग में कूद पड़ा a -- boy jumped into the fire. [syn. साहसी]

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

dussāhas mu impudence, rashness: ~ का कार्य a rash act; ~ से कम करना to act impudently/ rashly.

dar·guzar: ~ करना to pass over, to overlook: बच्चों की ग़लियों को ~ कर देना चाहिये children's mistakes should be overlooked (passed over).

dīvānī I. a civil [अदालत court, क़ानून law, कार्यवाही proceed

deh·lī 1. fu Delhi (the capital of India). 2. threshold = दहलीज़ q. v.

daṅgāī mc rioter: दंगाइयों के सात आदमी मारे गये seven of the --s were killed. [see दंगा]

daridratā fu miserable poverty: भाषा (जाति, देश, गाँव) की ~ -- of a language (community, country, village); ~ में रहना to live in --. [syn. कंगाली]