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Dil Pe Zakham Khate Hain
Dil Pe Zakham Khate Hain (دل پہ زخم کھاتے ہیں) is an Urdu qawwali performed and composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Oriental Star Agencies, credited variously to Jigar Moradabadi or Iqbal Safipuri, and revived through the Dhurandhar 2 remix.
Dil Raju
Dil Raju, born Venkataramana Reddy, is an Indian film producer and distributor who heads the Telugu production house Sri Venkateswara Creations and chairs the Telangana State Film Development Corporation.
Dil Sambhal Jaa Zara
Dil Sambhal Jaa Zara (दिल संभल जा ज़रा), a 2017–2018 Star Plus Hindi romance drama adapted from the Turkish Aşk-ı Memnu, produced by Vikram Bhatt, starring Sanjay Kapoor and Smriti Kalra; 75 episodes, ended on low TRPs. Distinct from the 2024 Ullu web series of the same name.
Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava? (दिल से दी दुआ... सौभाग्यवती भव?)
Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava? (दिल से दी दुआ... सौभाग्यवती भव?) is a Hindi social drama and psychological thriller on Life OK (18 December 2011 to 18 January 2013, 326 episodes), a remake of the Telugu serial Shravanthi, starring Sriti Jha, Karanvir Bohra, and Harshad Chopda, about domestic abuse; a Star Bharat sequel ran 2023–2024.
Dil Se Dil Tak (दिल से दिल तक)
Dil Se Dil Tak (दिल से दिल तक), a Colors TV Hindi serial, aired 2017–2018; produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions, starring Rashami Desai, Siddharth Shukla/Rohan Gandotra, and Jasmin Bhasin in a surrogacy story inspired by Chori Chori Chupke Chupke.
Dil Se.. (दिल से..)
Dil Se.. (दिल से..) is Mani Ratnam's 1998 Hindi romantic thriller starring Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, and Preity Zinta, with A. R. Rahman's hit soundtrack; a flop in India but the first Hindi film in the UK top 10.
Dil To Pagal Hai (दिल तो पागल है)
Dil To Pagal Hai (दिल तो पागल है), also called DTPH, is Yash Chopra's 1997 Yash Raj Films musical romance starring Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, and Akshay Kumar; the year's highest-grossing Hindi film with a record-selling Uttam Singh soundtrack.
Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (दिल तो बच्चा है जी)
Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (दिल तो बच्चा है जी) is a 2011 Hindi romantic comedy directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, and Omi Vaidya as three roommates seeking love; released 28 January 2011, it earned about ₹28.91 crore net in India.
Dil-o-Danish
Dil-o-Danish (दिलो-दानिश) is a 1993 Hindi novel by Krishna Sobti, portraying a feudal Delhi haveli in the 1920s and translated into English as The Heart Has Its Reasons.
Dila'iyya zawiya
The Dila'iyya zawiya (الزاوية الدلائية) was a Sanhaja Berber religious lodge in Morocco's Middle Atlas, founded around 1566, which ruled Fes and Meknes in the 1640s until its destruction in 1668.
Dilan Yeşilgöz
Dilan Yeşilgöz, also published as Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, is a Dutch VVD politician who has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence since 2026, after serving as Minister of Justice and Security.
Dilatancy
Dilatancy is the volume change, dilative or compressive, induced by shear deformation of a granular material; Reynolds named it in 1885, and dense sand expands when sheared while loose sand collapses.
Dilatant
A dilatant, or shear-thickening, fluid is a material whose apparent viscosity rises under shear, as with cornstarch and water, a term rooted in Osborne Reynolds' 1885 dilatancy.
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), also called congestive or idiopathic cardiomyopathy, is heart-muscle disease with left ventricular dilatation and systolic dysfunction not explained by coronary, hypertensive, or valvular disease; prevalence about 1 in 250 adults, genetic in 25–40% of cases (TTN, LMNA, DSP, FLNC).
Dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia
Dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia (DCMA, 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type V) is a rare autosomal recessive mitochondrial disease from DNAJC19 mutations, concentrated in the Dariusleut Hutterite population, causing early-onset cardiomyopathy, long QT, cerebellar ataxia, and growth failure.
Dilated cardiomyopathy-hypergonadotropic hypogonadism syndrome
Dilated cardiomyopathy-hypergonadotropic hypogonadism syndrome, also called Malouf, Najjar, or cardiogenital syndrome (ORPHA:2229, OMIM 212112), is an ultra-rare disorder combining dilated cardiomyopathy with primary hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, often LMNA-related, prevalence under 1 per million.
Dilated fundus examination
A dilated fundus examination is an eye exam using dilating drops so the retina and optic disc can be inspected with an ophthalmoscope or slit lamp.
Dilated Peoples
Dilated Peoples, also Dilated, Expansion Team: Los Angeles hip-hop trio of Evidence, Rakaa Iriscience, and DJ Babu, formed as a duo in the mid-1990s; known for The Platform, "Worst Comes to Worst," and "This Way" with Kanye West.
Dilation and curettage
Dilation and curettage (D&C), also called suction curettage when vacuum is used, is a gynecologic procedure dilating the cervix and removing endometrial tissue for miscarriage, abortion, retained products, or abnormal bleeding; WHO now recommends vacuum aspiration over sharp curettage.
Dilation and evacuation
Dilation and evacuation (D&E) is the main surgical abortion method from about 14 weeks' gestation, using cervical dilators, forceps, and suction; studies show lower complication rates than medical induction, and intact D&E is federally banned in the US.
Dilatometry
Dilatometry is a thermal analysis technique that measures how a specimen's length changes with temperature, yielding thermal expansion coefficients and phase transformations in metals, glass, and ceramics.
Dilaton
The dilaton is a spin-0 scalar field, the partner of the graviton in string theory, that sets coupling strengths and is searched for as a dark matter or dark energy candidate.
Dilawar Khan Ghori
Dilawar Khan Ghori (دلاور خان غوری) was an Afghan governor of Malwa under the Delhi Sultanate who declared independence in 1401 and founded the Malwa Sultanate, reigning until his death in 1405 or 1406.
Dilay Özdemir
Dilay Özdemir is a Turkish volleyball setter, born in 2005, who came through Eczacıbaşı's youth academy and debuted for the Türkiye national team in the 2026 Volleyball Nations League.
Dilbar (yacht)
Dilbar is a 156-meter motor yacht built by German shipyard Lürssen and delivered in 2016, the largest motor yacht in the world by volume, though not the longest.
Dilbat
Dilbat was an ancient Babylonian city at Tell al-Deylam in Iraq, south of Babylon, the cult city of the god Urash, whose temple was E-Ibbi-Anum.
Dilbat Vallis
Dilbat Vallis is a sinuous channel on Venus about 420 km long, located in the southern hemisphere at about 55° S, and interpreted to have formed volcanically, with its name adopted by the IAU in 2000.
Dilbert
Dilbert, Scott Adams's syndicated comic strip launched April 16, 1989, satirized corporate office life through an engineer, Dogbert, and the Pointy-Haired Boss, reaching over 2,000 newspapers before its 2023 end.
Dilbert principle
The Dilbert principle is a satirical adage from cartoonist Scott Adams, first stated in 1995, that large corporations knowingly promote their most incompetent staff into management to limit the damage.
Dildo
A dildo is a sex toy shaped like a penis, used for sexual pleasure through penetration or external stimulation, typically made of silicone, glass, or metal.