dekhā-dekhī adv in imitation: दूसरों की ~ मत करो don't imitate others; उसकी ~ यह भी चली गई she also went away -- of him.

dāḵẖilā mc (a) admission: स्कूल में ~ पाना to secure -- into the school; ~ टिकटों से होना -- will be by tickets. [syn. प्रवेश]. (b) admission fee: ~ भर दिया गया है the -- has been paid. [see दाख़िल]

diqqat fc difficulty, trouble: यह काम बड़ी ~ से होगा this work will be done with great --; ~ पड़ गई थी a -- had arisen; हम ~ में पड़ गये थे we got into a --, we were involved in a --. [syn. कठिनाई, मुश्किल]

dīn·duniyā fu religious life and worldly life, that world and this world: ~ दोनों से जाना to be deprived of --; △ ~ की ख़बर न होना to remain utterly ignorant.

darshak mc spectator, onlooker, visitor: खेल देखने के लिए कई ~ आ गये थे many --s had come up to see the play; प्रदर्शनी के ~ --s to an exhibition; ~ -वीथी visitors' gallery.

den·dār I. m (f) debtor: मैं उनका ~ हूँ I am indebted to him/her; वह एक पैसे का भी ~ नहीं था he was not liable to pay even a single paisa.

durācharaṇ, दुराचार durāchār mu wickedness, misdemeanour, depravity: विद्यार्थी को ~ का दंड मिला the student was punished for his --. [syn. बदचलनी]

doshālā mc shawl = दुशाला q. v.

² daṇḍ mc a kind of gymnastic exercise: ~ पेलना/लगाना to take gymnastic exercises.

dāb·nā vt to press (down) = दबाना q. v.