dharma-karma mc religious rite.

dhã̄dh·liī fu highhandedness: अधिकारियों की ~ -- of the office-holders: ~ मचाना to act highhandedly.

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.

dharātal mu (a) level [उच्च high, औद्योगिक industrial, सांस्कृतिक cultural]; नये ~ पर लाना to bring smth to a new level; ~ उठाना to raise the level. (b) ground, surface of the earth: वह ~ से उठ गया he disappeared from the --, he died.

dhokhā mu/c fraud, cheating, deception: सब ~ है it is all fraud. △ धोखे की ट्टट्टी fraudulent device. ~ उठाना/खाना to be taken in, to be deceived; ~ देना to deceive, to defraud; हम उसके धोखे में आ गये, उसने हमें ~ दिया we were deceived by him; तुम मुझे ~ नहीं दे सकते you cannot deceive/ cheat me; धोखे से fraudulently, by cheating: धोखे से हथिया ली seized it fraudulently: धोखे से एक शब्द छूट गया a word got omitted by mistake. [also धोखा-धड़ी; syn. छल]

dhakkā-pel [also धक्कम- धक्का] fu shoving and pushing, jostle: मेले में बड़ी ~ थी there was great -- in the fair; ~ करना to jostle, to push in. [syn. रेलपेल]

dhul·vānā vt [caus. of धुलना, धोना] to get washed; धोबी से कपड़े ~ to get clothes washed by a washerman.

dhairya mu patience, for bearance: ~ की परीक्षा test of one's --; ~ खोना/छूटना to lose --; मेरा ~ छूट गया my -- was lost/exhausted; ~ रखना to forbear, to keep/have --. ~ से, ~ के साथ patiently.

dhārmik a (a) [things] religious [कथाएँ stories, क्रिया rite, द्वेष animosity, मनोवृत्ति mentality, संस्था institution]. (b) [person] religious-minded: ~ लोग -- people.

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]