(p. 555) namita bent or bowed down in obeisance; bent, arched; subdued. fem. নমিতা । 42)

(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. 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. 590) niṣādī2 an elephant-driver; an elephant-rider. 3)

(p. 555) naẏanasukha, naẏanasuka a kind of very fine muslin or cambric. 53)

(p. 574) nibaddha an essay, a dissertation, a thesis, a literary composition; a treatise, a book; a means; an arrangement; a system, a rule; fixation, determination; a tie, a bond; a song, a lay. নিবন্ধক n. a registrar. নিবন্ধন n. a tie, a bond; fixation, determination. registration. in comp. (used as a sfx.) owing to, due to, because of (নথিনিবন্ধন, কার্যনিবন্ধন). ̃ভুক্ত a. entered in a register. নিবন্ধভুক্ত করা v. to register. নিবন্ধিত a. composed; written; bound; strung. 27)

(p. 550) nadī a stream, a river. নদীর বাঁক the bend of a river. ছোট নদী a rivulet. ̃কুল same as নদীতীর । ̃গর্ভ n. the bottom of a river; a river-bed. ̃তট, ̃তীর n. riverbank, riverside. তীরবর্তী, ̃তীতস্হ a. riparian, riverain. ̃তীরবাসী a. & n. riverain. fem. ˜তীরবাসিনী । ̃পথ n. river-way. ̃পথে adv. by river. ̃প্রবাহ same as নদীস্রোত । ̃বক্ষ n. the bosom or surface of a river. ̃বক্ষে adv. on or upon the river. ̃বন্দর n. a river port. ̃বহুল a. abounding in rivers, rivery. ̃মাতৃক a. irrigated or watered by rivers. ̃মুখ n. a river-mouth, an estuary. ̃স্রোত n. river-tide; the flowing stream of a river. 60)

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

(p. 593) nihantā killing or slaying. n. a slayer, a killer. 5)

(p. 593) nīlākāśa the blue sky. 35)

(p. 550) nakta the night. ̃চর, ̃চারী, ̃ঞ্চারী a. active by night; wandering by night; nocturnal; nightfaring, noctivagant. n. the rakshas; the bat; a thief, a burglar; a person active by night, a nightbird. নক্তান্ধ a. blind by night, nyctalopic. নক্তান্ধতা n. nyctalopia. Also রাত্র্যন্ধতা । 4)

(p. 591) niṣṭhyuta vomited, belched out; ejected; thrown out; spat (out). 10)

(p. 550) naṭakāna the anatto. 33)

(p. 561) nāgā one of a community of ascetics who move about naked; one of an aboriginal tribe of Naga hills. 15)

(p. 561) nāṭaka a drama, a play. নাটকীয় a. full of dramatic elements, dramatic, theatrical; histrionic. 35)