নীল : (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. 555) naẏanānanda the delight of the eye; one who or that which delights the eye. a. delightful to the eye. 55)

(p. 571) nicchidra having no holes; compact; flawless. 11)

(p. 550) nagarōpānta the outskirts or suburbs of a city or town. 20)

(p. 590) niṣkōṣaṇa drawing out or unsheathing (a sword etc.). নিষ্কোষণ করা v. to draw out, to unsheathe. 30)

(p. 593) naikaṭya imminence; proximity; nearness; neighbourhood; closeness; intimacy. 92)

(p. 563) nāśaka destructive; destroying; wasting; causing ruin; removing; killing, exterminating. নাশকতা n. destructiveness; sabotage. 77)

(p. 585) nirbacana categorical or emphatic utterance or statement; (of words) derivative explanation; definition; (geom.) enunciation. 9)

(p. 593) nētā1 a leader; a director, a guide; a commander; a headman, a chief; a pioneer. 76)

(p. 554) nabati ninety. ̃তম a. ninetieth. fem. ̃তমী ।

(p. 583) nirōdha, nirōdhana siege; counteraction, obstruction, opposition, prevention; restraint, control, repression; (phys.) chocking. নিরোধ করা v. to besiege, to counteract, to obstruct, to oppose, to prevent; to check, to restrain, to control, to repress; (phys.) to choke. নিরোধক a. besieging; counteracting, obstructing; opposing, preventing; restraining, controlling, repressing; choking. 8)

(p. 555) nabānna the festival of eating newly grown autumnal rice in the month of Agrahayan (অগ্রহায়ণ). 6)

(p. 570) nigaḍ় an iron chain; a shackle for the feet, fetters. ̃বদ্ধ a. enchained, chained; fettered. 26)

(p. 582) nirikha rate of price. 8)

(p. 563) nādā3 a large earthen trough or vat. 14)

(p. 574) nibaha a collection, a multitude ('স্নেচ্ছনিবহ'). 31)