dvandva mc (a) [also ~ युध्द] duel fight: योध्दाओं में ~ हो गया there ensued a -- between warriors. (b) conflict, struggle: अंतर् का ~ inner --.

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.]

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]

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

divaṅgat a deceased [आत्मा soul, नेता leader, पिता father, व्यक्‍ित person]. [syn. स्वर्गीय]

darpaṇ mc mirror, looking glass [गोल spherical, मोटा thick, सादा plain] = आईना q. v.

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

dūdh·bhāī mc foster brother: दो माताओं के बेटे एक ही स्त्री द्वारा पाले-पिलाये गयें हों तो वे ~ कहलाते हैं sons of two mothers suckled and fostered by one woman are called --s.

dikhāv·ṭī a 1. showy, pretentious [व्यक्‍ित person, शिष्टाचार etiquette, संस्कृति culture]. 2. artificial [दाँत teeth, अंग limbs].

dakṣiṇī a southern [तट coast, द्वीप islands, देश countries] ~ ध्रुव south pole.