(p. 577) niẏati predestination; destiny, fate, luck; an inevitable occurrence. ̃নির্দিষ্ট a. ordained by fate, decreed by Providence, predestined. নিয়তিঃ কেন বাধ্যতে who can oppose or check or restrain destiny. 32)

(p. 549) nōbata an orchestra in which the sanai (সানাই) is the chief instrument. ̃খানা n. a room or platform where the aforesaid orchestra is played. 10)

(p. 587) nirlajja shameless, impudent, brazen-faced. fem. নির্লজ্জা । ̃তা n. shamelessness, impudence. 38)

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

(p. 580) nirakṣara illiterate. নিরক্ষরতা n. illiteracy. নিরক্ষরতা দূরীকরণ eradication of illiteracy. 5)

(p. 561) nāgari an earthen pitcher (usu. to hold molasses). 11)

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

(p. 577) nima2 the margosa (tree or leaves or fruit). 3)

(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. 561) nāci a rivet. ̃নাচি করা v. to rivet. 27)

(p. 550) nada (used rather arbitrarily as masc. of নদী) a large river (সিন্ধুনদ). ̃নদী n. pl. rivers and streams of all descriptions large and small. 59)

(p. 587) nirmama merciless; unfeeling; hardhearted; cruel; relentless. ̃তা n. mercilessness; hard-heartedness; cruelty; relentlessness. 19)

(p. 591) niṣṭhā firm faith or trust, deep attachment or reverence, great devotion or attention (ধর্মে নিষ্ঠা, কর্মে নিষ্ঠা); devoutness (নিষ্ঠাবান উপাসক); adherence to the scriptural code of behaviour and observance of religious rites (নিষ্ঠাবান ব্রাহ্মণ). ̃বান a. having deep attachment (to) or reverence (for), greatly devoted or attentive (to); devout; punctiliously observant of the scriptural code of behaviour and religious rites. fem. ̃বতী। ̃ভরে adv. devotedly. 7)

(p. 587) nirbhula free from mistake or error; correct; unerring; right; just; accurate. ̃তা n. (loos.) correctness; accuracy. 14)

(p. 570) nikuñja an arbour, a bower (also নিকুঞ্জকানন,নিকুঞ্জবন). 8)