(p. 561) nāgarī2 a flirt, a coquette; a concubine; a lewd woman. a. fem. living in a town or city. 14)

(p. 591) niṣprapraẏōjana unnecessary; needless; purposeless; useless. n. needlessness, purposelessness. নিষ্প্রয়োজনে adv. unnecessarily; needlessly; to no purpose, uselessly. 25)

(p. 560) nākāla embarrassed, put out of countenance; put to shame; harassed; fatigued. n. embarrassment; harassment; fatigue; discomfiture; humiliation; adequate or sound punishment. নাকাল করা v. to embarrass, to put out of countenance; to harass; to fatigue; to put to shame; to discomfit; to punish adequately or soundly. নাকাল হওয়া v. to be embarrassed or discomfited, to be put out of countenance; to be humiliated. 15)

(p. 574) nibāpa an offering of food etc. to the manes (নিবাপ-অঞ্জলি). 34)

(p. 550) naṭabara1 an appellation of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 37)

(p. 550) naganandinī a daughter of a mountain (esp. of the Himalayas); an appellation of goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 16)

(p. 587) niśā the night; (Rig Veda) dark daughter of the Day. ̃কর n. the moon. ̃গম n. nightfall. ̃চর a. active by night, nightfaring. n. an anthropophagite, a rakshasa; any of the nightfaring creatures such as the owl; a burglar. fem. নিশাচরী । ̃জল n. dew; frost. ̃ত্যয় same as নিশান্ত । ̃নাথ n. the moon. নিশান্ত n. the close of night; daybreak. ̃পতি n. the moon. নিশাবসান same as নিশান্ত । ̃র্ধ n. midnight; dead of night. ̃সমাগম n. nightfall. 48)

(p. 559) nā3 not; no; nay. int. expressing: question (পড়তে বসবে না?); request or insistence, please (দুটো টাকা দাও না); doubt or uncertainty, will it or will it not, will there be or will there not be (বৃষ্টি হবে, না?); want or excess, how much or how many, what a (সংসারে কত না জ্বালা); amazement (আগুনেও সে পোড়ে না); sorrow or exception or complaint (যাও-আমায় দিলে না তো); contempt or ridicule (পারলে না তো). con. or, nor না রাম না গঙ্গা. prep. without (না বুঝে). in comp. no, not, non-, un- (নাধর্মী). না রাম না গঙ্গা (fig.) neither fish nor fowl. 10)

(p. 587) niściti same as নিশ্চয়তা । 61)

(p. 561) nāgēndra, nāgēśa the king of elephants: an appellation of Airavat (ঐরাবত); the king of snakes: an appellation of Ananta (অনন্ত) or Vasuki (বাসুকি); a phallus of Shiva (শিব). 20)

(p. 555) nabōdbhāsita newly devised or contrived or designed. 23)

(p. 577) nimantraṇa an invitation; an invitation to a dinner or feast; (fig.) a call or summons. নিমন্ত্রণ করা v. to invite, to ask courteously to come; to invite at a dinner or feast; (fig.) to call or summon; to make a formal and courteous request to do something. নিমন্ত্রণ গ্রহণ করা v. to accept an invitation. নিমন্ত্রণ প্রত্যাখ্যান করা v. to refuse or decline an invitation. নিমন্ত্রণ রক্ষা করা v. to pay a visit to the host in response to his invitation. বিনা নিমন্ত্রণে adv. without invitation, uninvitedly; unasked. ̃পত্র n. an invitation-card, a letter of invitation; (fig.) a writ of summons. 10)

(p. 580) niraṃśa (astr.) the first and the last day of the ascendancy of a sign of the zodiac, the transition of the sun from one zodiacal sign to another. a. not enjoying any share; undivided, whole. 2)

(p. 591) nisindā a herbal plant (its leaves are often smoked as tobacco), Vitex negundo. 31)

(p. 572) nidhana destruction; killing; death. নিধন করা v. to destroy; to kill. নিধন হওয়া, নিধনপ্রাপ্ত হওয়া v. to be destroyed or killed; to meet with death, to die. ̃প্রাপ্তি n. destruction; state of being killed; death.