Letter focus – द
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द
da
How does it look?
This letter starts out like ट with the line at the top, a little line that comes down, and the half circle of a loop to the left. Then it loops around at the end, just like ढ but the end of the little loop the end goes through the big loop. You are basically adding a tail to the loop of ढ.
How to type it?
If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press “o”
(see “How to type in Hindi” for more information about setting up your computer.)
Words
At the Beginning
दस – ten
दम – self control
दमन – subduing
दबना – to be crushed
In the Middle
कदम – step
दलदल - swamp
बादल – cloud
चौदह – 14
अदरक – ginger
At the End
दामाद – son-in-law
दाद – ringworm
याद – to remember; to memorize
बाद – after
With other vowels
दौ – two
दरिद्री – poor, needy
नदी – river
दरिंदा – beast of prey
दर्द – pain
दादा – paternal grandfather (father’s father)
दादी – paternal grandmother (father’s mother)
दंत – tooth
Check out our wiki page on this letter. (Consider adding something…)
http://www.ispeakhindi.com/wiki/index.php?title=द
Tired of waiting??
Each week for we publish a letter focus session. But you can get most of the consonants in the mail together.
We are offering the following package to those that contribute $25 or more to support the ISpeakHindi.com site. This package includes:
1) All the related podcasts about these consonants on CDs. (These lesson have already been recorded and can be sent to you without delay.
2) A print out of the related material from our wiki about these consonants in booklet form.
3) Hindi Alphabet Writing book (which Aarti is announcing on HindiGym.com)
Here is a picture of what is included:

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