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दृढ़ dr̤iṛh,adj. (f. -ā), Fixed, firm, hard, strong, solid, massive; firmly fastened, shut; tough; stiff; compact; tight, close, dense; thick, coarse; able, powerful; steady, persevering; reliable; durable, confirmed, established; secure; severe, violent; (in Math.) reduced to the last term or smallest number by a common divisor;—adv. Firmly, strongly, tightly, etc.:—dr̤iṛh-āćārī, adj. & s.m. Ascetic; orthodox;—an ascetic, etc.:—dr̤iṛhāṅg (˚ḍha+an˚), adj. Firmbodied, strong, hard, stout, stalwart;—s.m. A diamond:—dr̤iṛh-āyudh, adj. & s.m. Strong in battle;—a hero:—dr̤iṛh-bandhinī, s.f. 'Winding closely round'; a species of creeper, Echites frutescens:—dr̤iṛh-bhakti, dr̤iṛh-bhakt, adj. 'Firm in devotion,' faithful, devoted:—dr̤iṛhbhaktī, s.f. Faithfulness, devotedness:—dr̤iṛhphal, s.m. 'Having a hard fruit'; the cocoanut:—dr̤iṛh-ćit, adj. & s.m. Firm or resolute of mind, staunch-minded;—a resolute or staunchminded person;—resoluteness, staunchmindedness:—dr̤iṛh-rahnā, v.n. To remain or stand firm, to maintain (one's) ground; to hold out, insist, persist:—dr̤iṛh-skandh, s.m. 'Strongstemmed,' a species of Mimusops:—dr̤iṛhsūtrikā, s.f. 'Having strong fibres'; a plant from the fibres of which bow-strings are made, Sanseviera zeylanica:—dr̤iṛh-sauhr̤ida, adj. & s.m. Firm in friendship, constant;—a firm friend:—dr̤iṛh-kārī, adj. Resolute, determined, persevering:—dr̤iṛh-kanḍ, s.m. 'Having a strong stem'; a bamboo:—dr̤iṛh-loma, adj. & s.m. Having coarse hair;—coarse hair; bristles;—a wild hog:—dr̤iṛh-mushṭi, adj. & s.m. Close-fisted, tight-fisted; niggardly, miserly;—one whose hand is difficult to open; a niggard, miser:—dr̤iṛh-niśćay, adj. Having a fixed determination; certain, confirmed, corroborated, undoubted.
Origin: Hindi