dab·dabā mu sway, com-manding influence: उसका शहर में बड़ा ~ है he/she has a great -- in the city; किसी पर ~ होना to have a -- over smb. [syn. रोबदाब]

darāṛ, दरार darār fc (a) crack, fissure: दीवार (लड़की, शीशे) में ~ है there is, a -- in the wall (wood, glass-pane). (b) (fig.) rift: दल में ~ पड़ गई है a -- has been created in the party; ~ डालना to create a --.

/दीपक dīp/dīpak mc (a) (earthen) lamp = दीया q. v. (b) (fig.) घर/कुल ~ the light of the house.

dīṭh fu [variation of डीठ q. v., better नज़र, आँख, दृष्टि q. v.] sight.

doG·lā a (a) cross-bred, mongrel [कुत्ता dog, हिरन deer, बैल ox]. (b) hybrid; ~ शब्द -- word; दोग़ली भाषा -- language. (c) (in contempt) mongrel, double-faced person.

dakkhin mu (a) south: गाँव यहाँ से ~ पड़ता है the village lies to the south from here. (b) the Deccan, southern India.

duhsah a = दुस्सह q. v.

dosālā a [uninflected] biennial; ~ चुनाव -- election; ~ प्रदर्शनी -- exhibition.

dūr·vartī a distant [काल period, देश countries, स्थान place] [= दूर का q. v.]

daiv mu fate, destiny = दई