(p. 593) nīra water; any liquid; aqua. ̃ময় a. aqueous, watery, full of water or moisture. 23)

(p. 593) nīrakta bloodless; pale; anaemic. 24)

(p. 593) nīraja growing in or born of water, aquatic. n. the lotus. 25)

(p. 593) nīrajā1 of নীরজ । 26)

(p. 593) nīrajā2 free from dirt; (of flowers etc.) having no pollen; (of girls) one whose menstruation has not yet begun to function. 27)

(p. 593) nīrada cloud. ̃বরণ a. dark as a (moisture-bearing) cloud, cloud-coloured. 28)

(p. 593) nīrandhra having no hole or opening; compact; dense; closely woven; closed on all sides; stuffy. 29)

(p. 593) nīraba noiseless; silent; hushed; speechless. নীরব করা v. to take off the noise of; to silence; to hush; to render speechless. নীরব হওয়া v. to cease to make noise; to become silent; to be hushed; to keep quiet. ̃তা n. noiselessness; silence; hush; speechlessness. নীরব থাকা v. to remain silent or tongue-tied. নীরব সমর্থন silent or tacit support, silent consent. নীরবে adv. silently; noiselessly. নীরবে সহ্য করা to bear silently or calmly. 30)

(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)