dah·līz fc threshold: ~ पर पैर रखना to put a foot on the --; ~ लाँधना to cross the --; △ ~ का कुत्ता a hanger-on, a parasite; ~ भ्काँकना to call at smb's with a selfish motive.

dushmanī fu enmity, hostility: मेरी उससे ~ है I am at -- with her/him. [syn. वैर, शत्रुता q. v.]

devar mc husband's younger brother, brother-in-law; मेरा एक जेठ है और एक ~ है I have one elder

duhsah a = दुस्सह q. v.

dvīp·vāsī mc islander: अंग्रेज ~ हैं the English people are --s.

davā-dārū fu (a) medical treatment: किसकी ~ करा रहे हैं whose -- are you undergoing ? इस हस्पताल में अच्छी ~ करते हैं they treat the patient properly in this hospital. (b) medicine: इसे कुछ ~ दी है या नहीं did you give him some -- or not ?

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]

divas mc day; जन्म ~ birthday; स्वतंत्रता ~ independence --; कार्य ~ working --s. [syn. दिन is more common]

dastūr mc custom, practice: आम ~ common/general --; यह इस आदमी (जाति, गाँव, देश) का ~ है this is the -- of this person (community, village, country).

darogā mc = दारोग़ा q. v.