द
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द
da
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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 does it sound?
Letters and sounds commonly confused with
How to write it?
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
Related Podcasts
Hindi Consonants Bundle - March 2009 - CD 2 Track 5
