doraṅgā a (a) of two

dodhārā mc double-edged sword [also दोधारी तलवार].

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

dabāv mu pressure: पानी का ~ -- of the water; ख़ून का ~ blood --; समाज का ~ social pressure; किसी के ~ में कुछ करना to do smth under smb's --; पर ~ ड़ालना to put -- on, to pressurize: विद्यार्थियों ने प्रिंसिपल पर ~ डाला कि ... the students pressed the principal to ...; ~ मानना to yield to --. (cf. दाब)

damak fu glimmer, flash = चमक [also चमक-दमक].

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.

domũhā a (a) ~ साँप double-mouthed serpent. (b) (in contempt) ~ आदमी double-faced person, double dealer.

driṣṭikoṇ mc point of view, angle of vision: सरकारी ~ official/government --; ~ अपनाना to have a --, to take a stand; इस ~ से from this --; आप मेरा ~ नहीं समझ पाये you could not understand my --.

darjā mc 1. grade, class: मैं पाँचवें दर्जे में पढ़ता हूँ I read in the 5th --; वे रेल के दूसरे दर्जे में बैठे हैं they are sitting in the 2nd class railway compartment, 2. grade, rank: फ़ौजी ~ military --; अब उसका ~ बढ़ गया है now he has got a higher --; वह किस दर्जे का अफ़सर है of what -- is that officer ? 3. degree: कितने दर्जे बुखार है how many --s is the fever ? वह हज़ार दर्जे अच्छा आदमी है he is a better person by several --s; वह ~ ब ~ शांत हो गई she became calmer by --s.

dar·bār mc royal court; hall of audience: राजा के ~ में in the king's court; ~ लगाना to hold a court.