(p. 593) nīla the blue colour, azure; the indigo plant or the dye made from it; synthetic indigo, azuring; Shiva (শিব) or his worship (নীলের উপোস). a. blue, azure; azurine. ̃কন্ঠ a. blue-necked. n. a kind of blue-necked bird, the bluebreast, the roller bird; Shiva (শিব). ̃কমল n. the blue lotus. ̃কর n. an indigo-planter. ̃কান্তমণি n. lapis-lazuli, sapphire. ̃কুঠি n. an indigo-factory. ̃গাই n. the blue-sheep of Tibet, nilgai, the blue bull, ̃পদ্ম n. the blue lotus. ̃পূজা n. the worship of Shiva (শিব) on the penultimate or the last day of the Bengali year. ̃প্রভ a. having a blue lustre or radiance. ̃বর্ণ n. & a. blue, azure. a. fem. ˜বর্ণা । নীলবর্ণ শৃগাল (fig.) a pretender. ̃বসন n. blue clothes or cloth. a. dressed in blue. a. fem. ̃বসনা । ̃মণি n. lapis-lazuli, sapphire; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃রক্ত n. blue blood; (fig.) high birth. ̃লোহিত n. a colour between crimson and violet, purple; Shiva (শিব). a. purple. ̃ষষ্টী n. the last or the penultimate day of the Bengali year when Shiva (শিব) is worshipped. 33)

(p. 563) nāndī an invocation at the opening of a drama. ̃কর n. one who recites the invocation at the opening of a drama. ̃পাঠ n. recital of the invocation at the opening of a drama. ̃মুখ n. an obsequial rite performed at the start of a happy ceremony, such as marriage. 24)

(p. 590) niṣēka sprinkling or showering; exudation; (bot.) fertilization. পরনিষেক n. cross-fertilization. স্বনিষেক n. self-fertilization. 8)

(p. 574) nibēdya fit to be or intended to be narrated or stated or represented or submitted or petitioned humbly or politely; fit to be or intended to be dedicated or offered in devotion. 47)

(p. 555) namaśūdra a Hindu community placed low in the social order. 34)

(p. 587) nirmōcana act of removing or taking off or putting off completely; thorough peeling; moulting. 32)

(p. 561) nāḍ়ā1 a stubble. 43)

(p. 581) nirasana removal (দুঃখনিরসন); mitigation (যন্ত্রণানিরসন); refutation; redressing (অন্যায় নিরসন); protection from; covering or concealment (লজ্জা নিরসন); termination (শ্রম নিরসন). নিরসন করা v. to remove; to mitigate; to refute; to redress; to conceal; to terminate. নিরসন হওয়া v. to be removed or mitigated or refuted or redressed or concealed or terminated. 4)

(p. 593) nōẏā2 (dial.) iron; an iron wristlet (worn by Hindu women whose husbands are alive). হাতের নোয়া অক্ষয় হওয়া to have one's husband living till one's death. 122)

(p. 572) nidāna the root cause (দুঃখের নিদান); the final cause (সৃষ্টির নিদান); determination of the cause or symptoms of a disease; (med.) aetiology. a. final, last, ultimate; dying. ̃কাল n. the time of death, the dying moments, the last moments. ̃বিদ্যা n. (med.) aetiology; diagnostics; (rare.) the philosophy of causation. ̃শালা n. (med.) a clinic. ̃শাস্ত্র same as নিদানবিদ্যা । নিদানিক a. (med.) aetiological or clinical (নিদানিক ভেষজ). 17)

(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. 574) nibēśa encampment or a camp (সেনানিবেশ); act of placing in an orderly manner; arraying (বূহ্যনিবেশ); placing, emplacement; insertion; interpolation; application, engaging (মনোনিবেশ); entrance; act of sitting. নিবেশক a. & n. one who or that which encamps or arrays or places or inserts or interpolates or applies or engages or enters or causes to enter or sits or causes to sit; one who records. n. a recorder. নিবেশন n. entrance; act of sitting; placing, emplacement; a dwelling-house, an abode, a house; a place; act of recording (in a book); interpolation. নিবেশিত a. encamped; placed in an orderly manner, arrayed; placed, put; inserted; interpolated; applied, engaged; entered; seated; recorded; transited; infected; domiciled. 48)

(p. 555) nabōdaẏa recent rise; new appearance or revelation. 20)

(p. 563) nādāpēṭā pot-bellied; (loos.) corpulent. 15)

(p. 570) nikhilabhubana, nikhilabiśba the whole universe, the whole world. 24)