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दाह dāh[Prk. दाहो; S. दाहः, rt. दɯ], s.f. Burning; combustion, conflagration; cauterizing; cautery;—fire; the sensation of burning, internal heat, feverish or morbid heat; inflammation;—ardour; heart-burning, envy, jealousy:—dāh-jvar, s.m. Inflammatory fever:—dāh denā(-ko), To apply fire (to), to light (the funeral pile):—dāh-rakhnā, v.n. To bear envy, etc., to be envious or jealous; to grudge:—dāh-sar, s.m. A place where dead bodies are burnt:—dāh-karm, dāh-karan, s.m.=dāh-kriyā, q.v.:—dāh karnā, v.t. To burn, etc.:—dāh-kriyā, s.f. The act, or the ceremony, of burning a corpse:—dāh-haraṇ, s.m. 'Removing heat'; the root of the fragrant grass Andropogon muricatus (which is woven into screens and kept wet for the purpose of tempering the hot winds; see ḵẖas-ḵẖas).
Origin: Hindi