(p. 555) narama soft (নরম শরীর); malleable, plastic, easily cut; sleek নরম চুল; low নরম সুর; bland নরম স্বর; mild, gentle নরম মেজাজ; tender or delicate (নরম মন); softened or appeased or moved with pity (মন নরম হওয়া); slack, loose (নরম বাঁধন); slackened, loosened (বাঁধন নরম হওয়া); not hardened (নরম পাকের সন্দেশ); deprived of crispness (বিস্কুটগুলো নরম হয়ে গেছে); weak (নরম লোক); abated (জ্বর নরম হওয়া); pleasant, cool (নরম আলো); that which has undergone slump or general drop in prices (নরম বাজার); almost rotten (ফলগুলো নরম হয়ে গেছে). নরম হওয়া v. to soften; to be appeased; to slacken or loosen; to abate; to slump; to come down. নরম মাটি soft clay; loamy soil; (fig.) one who is easily pliable; a weak person. নরম-গরম a. partly angry or rude and partly tender or soft; rather harsh; blandly harsh. n. harsh words spoken in a bland voice (নরম-গরম শোনানো). 63)

(p. 560) nākānicubāni, nākānicōbāni continuous ducking in water as made by a drowning person; (fig.) continuous harassment or distress or embarrassment. নাকানিচোবানি খওয়া v. to have to duck in water continuously (as by a drowning person); (fig.) to be harassed or distressed or embarrassed continuously. 13)

(p. 568) nāsa snuff; anything inhaled or taken in like the snuff (জলের নাস). নাস নেওয়া v. to inhale, to take or draw in. ̃দান, ̃দানি n. the snuffbox. 5)

(p. 560) nākē-kān̐dunē given to crying at trifles, whimpering.

(p. 590) niṣkarṣa extract, essence, substance; gist. 17)

(p. 568) nāhaẏa, nā haẏa what if (নাহয় তুমি এলে); all right (আমি নাহয় যাব); at best or at the worst (নাহয় দশ টাকা লাগবে). con. or (হয় তুমি নাহয় সে); or else (কর নাহয় মর). int. well (নাহয় মানলামই). 15)

(p. 563) nāśa destruction, annihilation; extinction; spoiling (কর্মনাশ); loss or waste (অর্থনাশ); ruin (স্বাস্হ্যনাশ); removal (দুঃখনাশ); act of killing, extermination (কীটনাশ); death. নাশ করা v. to destory, to annihilate; to spoil; to waste; to ruin; to remove; to kill, to exterminate. নাশ পাওয়া, নাশ হওয়া v. to be destroyed, to perish; to become extinct; to be spoiled or lost or wasted or ruined or removed or killed or exterminated; to die. 76)

(p. 583) nirṇaẏa discernment; ascertain-ment; determination; decision; resolution. নির্ণয় করা v. to discern, to descry; to ascertain, to determine; to decide; to resolve. 30)

(p. 563) nāḍ়u a sweet drop, a ball of sweetmeat usu. made of coconut, sugar or molasses etc. 5)

(p. 587) niśāna1 a flag, an ensign, a standard, a banner. 49)

(p. 574) nipatita fallen down; fallen. নিপতিত হওয়া v. to fall down; to fall. 15)

(p. 593) naimiṣāraṇya (myth.) a famous forest of ancient India converted into an extensive hermitage which was a great seat of learning and spiritual meditation. 101)

(p. 587) niścēṣṭa making no attempt, effortless; unenterprising; inactive; lazy; immobile. ̃তা n. effortlessness; lack of enterprise; inactivity; laziness; immobility. 63)

(p. 555) nabhōmanḍala the heavenly dome or region; the atmosphere. 32)

(p. 590) niṣikta thoroughly wet or soaked or drenched, soppy; exuded. নিষিক্ত করা v. to wet or soak or drench thoroughly, to sop; to exude. 4)