(p. 550) naṭakhaṭa, naṭakhaṭi a slight trouble; a petty quarrel. নটখটে a. slightly troublesome; quarrelsome; difficult to deal with. 34)

(p. 587) niścēṣṭa making no attempt, effortless; unenterprising; inactive; lazy; immobile. ̃তা n. effortlessness; lack of enterprise; inactivity; laziness; immobility. 63)

(p. 593) nīlōpala sapphire. 44)

(p. 550) nani, nanī cream (of milk). ননির পুতুল (lit.) a puppet made of cream; (fig. & usu. sarcas.) one who is physically too delicate to stand any toil. ˜চোর, ̃চোরা n. one who steals (and eats) cream; an appellation of (infant) Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 63)

(p. 593) nihārā (poet.) to see, to look at, to watch, to notice, to espy. 8)

(p. 585) nirbandha foreordination, ordaining, predestination, prescript, decree (বিধির নির্বন্ধ); a law; insistence, repeated solicitation (নির্বন্ধাতিশয্য); importunity; contact or communication (নির্বন্ধাভাব); a happening (কী দারুণ নির্বন্ধ !). নির্বন্ধাতিশয় n. (pop.) great importunity. 10)

(p. 581) nirākula very much perturbed or worried or anxious; unperturbed, unworried; calm. 11)

(p. 550) naḍ়caḍ়ā moving about; (casual) movement; act of walking or pacing up and down, a stroll. 47)

(p. 549) ni tālima neo-education, neo-literacy; a novel method of education, generally applied to Gandhi's Basic Education scheme. 6)

(p. 554) naba2 nine. a. ninth. ̃গুণ same as নবলক্ষণ । ̃গ্রহ n. (astr. & astrol.) the nine planets (collectively), namely the sun, the moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, the Dragon's head or ascending node, and the Dragon's tail or descending node. ˜চত্বারিংশ a. forty-nine. ̃চত্বারিংশত্ n. & a. forty-nine. ˜চত্বারিংশত্তম a. forty-ninth. fem. ̃চত্বারিংশত্তমী।i ̃দুর্গা n. the nine manifestations collectively of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃দ্বার n. nine vents or inlets or outlets in the human body. ̃ধা a. nine times, ninefold; of nine kinds. adv. by nine times; in nine ways. ̃নবতি n. & a. ninty-nine. ˜নবতিতম a. ninety-ninth. fem. ̃নবতিতমী । ̃পত্রিকা n. the image of a female deity formed with leaves of nine plants. ̃বিংশতি n. & a. twenty-nine. fem. ˜বিংশতিতমী । ̃রত্ন n. the nine most precious gems, namely, pearl, ruby, chrysoberyl or cat's eye, zircon or jacinth, diamond, (red) coral, beryl, emerald, and sapphire; (hist.) the nine courtiers of King Vikramaditya famous for their learning, wisdom and mastery in arts and letters. ̃রত্নসভা n. the court of King Vikramaditya consisting of the aforesaid nine courtiers. ̃রস n. the nine poetical flavours or reactions, namely love, heroism, pathos, amazement, anger, fright, comicality, disgust and quietude. ̃শায়ক, (coll.) ̃শাক, (coll.) ̃শাখ n. the spicedealer, the garland-maker, the weaver, the milkman, the barber, the grower of betel-leaves, the black-smith, the potter and the confectioner: these nine Hindu communities collectively. 9)

(p. 587) nirmēgha cloudless; clear (নির্মেঘ আকাশ). 30)

(p. 550) nañtatpuruṣa (gr.) a system of forming compound words indicating dissimilarity, absence, negation etc. নঞার্থক a. bearing a negative meaning, negative. 29)

(p. 568) nāhaka for nothing (নাহক কষ্ট দেওয়া); in vain; uselessly; unjustly; unreasonably. 14)

(p. 570) niki a young of a louse; an egg of a louse, a nit. 6)

(p. 574) nipuṇa skilful, dextrous, adept, adroit, deft, clever (নিপুণ কাজ); skilled, expert, efficient (কর্মনিপুণ). fem. নিপুণা । ̃তা n. skilfulness, dexterity, adroitness, deftness; skill; expertness, efficiency. 23)