(p. 593) nīrasa not juicy, juiceless; sapless; dry; dull, having no sense of humour, having no power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipid, uninteresting, jejune, dull (নীরস কথাবার্তা); monotonous, prosaic (নীরস জীবন); glum, sullen (নীরস হাসি বা মুখ); unpleasant, cheerless (নীরস আবহাওয়া). ̃তা n. lack of juice or sap; dryness; lack of sense of humour, lack of power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipidity, lack of interest, dullness, monotony, prosiness, glumness, sullenness; unpleasantness, cheerlessness. 31)

(p. 555) nabiśa1 (used as a sfx.) a writer, a scribe, a clerk (খাসনবিশ). 9)

(p. 593) nairguṇya lack of qualities or good qualities or qualifications; absence or lack of primordial qualities of created beings, namely, সত্ত্ব রজঃ and তমঃ । 106)

(p. 577) nimīlana act of closing or shutting (chiefly eyelids); contraction. 16)

(p. 555) naẏanī the pupil of the eye, the apple of the eye. 56)

(p. 563) nāmāṅkita carved or engraved with a name; with a name carved or engraved on something; containing a name; bearing a signature, signed. 38)

(p. 561) nāchōḍ় refusing to give up, unyielding, pertinacious, obstinate, dogged. ̃বান্দা n. an unyielding or pertinacious or obstinate person. 30)

(p. 555) namunā a sample; a specimen; a model; a pattern; an example. 43)

(p. 577) nimiṣa a twinkle of an eye, a wink; the time covered by a wink, a moment, a trice, a triflingly short time (নিমিষের মধ্যে). এক নিমিষে in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice, in a jiffy. ̃হারা a. (of eyes or glance) steadfast, fixed, unwinking. নিমিষহারা চোখে চাওয়া v. to look steadfastly, to gaze. 15)

(p. 577) nimitta a cause or reason; a motive, an end in view, an aim; necessity, need; an omen, a prognostic, a presage, a portent (দুর্নিমিত্ত); one who acts as an instrument of another, a tool, an agent. prep. for, because of, on account of, owing to, due to (রোগের নিমিত্ত). নিমিত্তের ভাগী responsible only for an action and not for its cause, one held responsible for an action because of one's mere presence although one has taken no part in it. নিমিত্তের ভাগী হওয়া to have to share the responsibility and consequence of another person's action. নিমিত্তজ্ঞ , নিমিত্তবিদ n. an augur, a diviner, a soothsayer. ̃মাত্র n. a mere agent or instrument. নিমিত্তার্থ n. (gr.) the gerundial force or the infinitive mood. a. gerundial. 14)

(p. 574) nipīḍ়ka one who oppresses or persecutes or harries or afflicts or represses or presses or quells. 19)

(p. 563) nāli, nālī a small duct or drain; a small and thin tube; a vein; a fissure; নালি ঘা, নালি ব্রণ n. sinus. 72)

(p. 593) naiṣadha of Nishadha (নিষধ) an ancient Indian state. n. the king of Nishadha; the name of a poetical work by Sriharsha (শ্রীহর্ষ). নৈষধীয় a. of the king Nishadha. 109)

(p. 550) naṭinī a dancing-girl, a ballerina; a prostitute, a whore. 40)

(p. 577) nimarāji half-willing, half-inclined; reluctantly consenting. 13)