dharma-karma mc religious rite.

dharmārtha a (a) pious [कर्म deed, दान donation]. (b) in charity: उन्होंने एक सौं रुपये ~ दिये he gave a hundred rupees in charity.

dhīre adv (a) slowly: ~ चलना (चलाना, बोलना) to go (drive, speak) --; मैं बहुत ~ लिखता हूँ I write very --. (b) mildly, gently: ~ मारना to beat --; ~ धीरे gradually, by slow degrees: वे ~ धारे बदल रहे थे they were gradually changing; वे ~ धीरे चल रहे थे they were walking very slowly. ~ से quietly, gently: वह ~ से खिसक गया he slipped away quietly; दरवाज़ा ~ से बन्द करना close the door gently.

dhāū̃s-paṭṭī fu blustering and cheating; किसी को ~ देना to cheat smb by giving blusters.

dhvasta a devastated, wrecked [पोत ship, भवन building]; ~ करना (कर देना) to destroy, to devastate.

dhanī a rich, wealthy [किसान peasant, ज़मींदार landlord, व्यापारी merchant]; कलम का ~ master of one's pen, one who wields his pen effectively; बात का ~ master of one's word, one who sticks to his word. [syn. दौलतमंद]

¹ dhūp fu sun(shine): ~ में बैठना (लेटना, रहना) to sit (lie, be) in the --; खिड़की में से ~ आ रही थी the sunshine was coming through the window; ~ में कपड़े सुखाना to dry clothes in the --; ~ खाना/लेना to bask in the --; ~ दिखाना to put in the --; ~चढ़ी/ निकली -- came up; ~ लगना to be exposed to the --. △ ~ में बाल नहीं पकाये हैं old age is not without experience, wisdom is the daughter of old age.

dhīmā a धीमी चाल slow

dhātuvigyã̄nī mc metallurgist: धातुविज्ञानियों की कमी dearth of --s.

dhūm fu [also धूम-धड़क्का, धूमधाम] boom, pomp: ~ से with fanfare, with great pomp and show: बारात ~ से निकली the marriage party came out with --; ~ मचाना the make fanfare.