(p. 587) niśi the night (দিবানিশি); an evil spirit whose hypnotic call at night makes a sleeping person follow it and meet with his or her death (cp. night-hag). নিশিতে পাওয়া v. to be hypnotized by this evil spirit. 50)

(p. 591) niṣprapraẏōjana unnecessary; needless; purposeless; useless. n. needlessness, purposelessness. নিষ্প্রয়োজনে adv. unnecessarily; needlessly; to no purpose, uselessly. 25)

(p. 572) nitya always, ever, for ever, every day, daily. a. daily (নিত্যকর্ম); diurnal (সূর্যের নিত্যগতি); immortal (নিত্যলোক); perpetual, everlasting; eternal, infinite; (phys.) constant. ̃কর্ম, ̃কার্য same as নিত্যকৃত্য । ̃কাল n. infinite time, eternity. নিত্যকাল ধিরে for ever; through the eternity. ̃কালীন a. eternal; everlasting. ̃কৃত্য, ̃ক্রিয়া n. daily duties (esp. routine ones); daily religious rites such as prayers. ̃তা n. everlastingness; immortality, imperishability; eternity; constancy; (mech.) conservation. ̃নৈমিত্তিক a. daily or regular and occasional. ̃প্রয়োজনীয় a. of daily use, of everyday use. ̃প্রলয় n. sound or deep sleep. ̃বৃত্ত a. (gr.) indefinite (নিত্যবৃত্ত বর্তমান, অতীত ইত্যাদি). ̃যাত্রী n. dailypassenger, daily commuter. ̃লীলা n. daily sports; (of a holy man) daily activities. ̃শ adv. constantly, always. ̃সঙ্গী n. a constant companion. ̃সত্য n. an eternal truth. ̃সমাস n. (gr.) a system of forming compound words which cannot be expounded. ̃সহচর same as নিত্যসঙ্গী । ̃সেবা n. daily (routine) worship. নিত্যানন্দ a. enjoying perpetual delight, ever delighted. n. the chief religious associate of শ্রীচৈতন্য । নিত্যানিত্য a. eternal and transitory, perpetual and transient; imperishable and perishable. নিত্যানিত্য বিচার n. discernment of or discrimination between what is eternal or imperishable and what is transitory or perishable. 13)

(p. 590) niṣkarmā having no work to do, unemployed; averse to work; lazy; good-for-nothing, worthless. 16)

(p. 549) nōrōja the Persian New Year's day; a feast held on this day. 11)

(p. 572) niḍ়ānō to weed out. a. weeded. 5)

(p. 554) naba1 new; novel; young; modern, recent; new-born; newly grown; early; fresh. ̃কারিকা n. a newly-married wife. ̃কার্তিক n. infant Kartikeya (কার্তিকেয়); (sarcas.) a very ugly man; (hum.) a foppish gallant. ̃কুমার n. a new-born son. ̃গঠিত a. newly-formed, newlyconstructed or composed. ̃জলধর n. a newly-formed cloud, a fresh cloud. ̃জলধরপটল n. a heap of fresh clouds, cumulus. ̃জলধরশ্যাম a. as charmingly dark as a fresh rain-bearing cloud. ̃জাগরণ, ̃জাগৃতি n. resurgence, new awakening; rebirth, regeneration, renaissance. ̃জাত a. new-born; newlygrown or produced. ̃জাতক n. a newborn baby. ̃জীবন n. a new life; young life; a fresh lease of life; (fig.) rejuvenation or renascence. ̃ত্ব n. newness; novelty; modernity; freshness; novelty. ̃দম্পতি, ̃দম্পতী n. a newly married couple. ̃দল n. a fresh or new or tender leaf of a lotus. ̃নিযুক্ত a. newly appointed. ̃পল্লব n. a young leaf or twig or shoot or sprout. ̃বধূ n. a newlymarried wife or bride. ̃বর্ষ n. New Year. ̃বসন্ত n. early spring; a new spring. ̃বিধান n. a new law or system; a new order of the Brahma Samaj founded by Keshabchandra Sen; (Christ.) the New Testament. ̃মল্লিকা, ̃মালিকা n. a variety of jasmine. ̃যুবক n. a young man; (cp.) a greenhorn. fem. ̃যুবতী a young woman. ̃যৌবন n. early youth, the first flush of youth, the prime of youth; a fresh lease of youth; rejuvenation, rejuvenescence. ̃যৌবনসম্পন্ন a. in the prime of one's youth. fem. নবযৌবনসম্পন্না, নবযৌবনা । 8)

(p. 583) nirgama, nirgamana act of coming or going out; emergence, act of issuing out, ejection, outflow. নির্গমকোণ n. (sc.) an angle of emergence. নির্গমনিবন্ধ n. outward register. নির্গমপথ n. an outlet. নির্গমবাণিজ্য n. export trade. নির্গমশুল্ক n. export duty. 11)

(p. 560) nāka the nose, the olfactory organ; the sense of smell; the power to distinguish smell, smelling power (তোমার নাক তো খুব). নাক উঁচানো v. (fig.) to turn up one's nose (at), to show disdain (at). নাকঝাড়া v. to blow one's nose. নাক টেপা v. to press one's nose; (ridi.). to say one's prayers silently. নাক ডাকা v. to snore. নাক ফোঁড়া, নাক বেঁধানো v. to perforate the septum of one's nose. ̃বরাবর adv. straight, straightaway, in the direction of one's nose. নাক বাঁকানো same as নাক উঁচানো । নাক মলা v. to pull or twist one's own nose as a mark of regret for a mistake or fault. নাক সিঁটকানো same as নাক উঁচানো । নাকে খত see খত । নাকে-মুখে গোঁজা v. to eat very hurriedly; to gulp down. নাকের ছেঁদা a nostril. নাকের জলে চোখের জলে হওয়া (fig.) to be embarrassed, to be in deep waters or quagmire. নিজের নাক কেটে পরের যাত্রাভঙ্গ করা (fig.) to do a greater harm to oneself in an attempt to put somebody into trouble. 8)

(p. 582) nirīha unoffending, inoffensive, harmless, innocent; gentle, meek. ̃তা n. innocence, harmlessness; gentleness, meekness; disinterestedness. 17)

(p. 574) nibarta desisted or refrained; stopped. নিবর্তক a. & n. one who or that which prevents or dissuades or stops; preventive, dissuasive, stopping. নিবর্তন n. act of giving up, desisting, refraining, cessation, stopping, closing; prevention; supersession; return, recession. নিবর্তনমূলক a. preventive. নিবর্তিত a. caused to give up or desist; stopped, ceased; caused to return or recede, returned or receded; prevented. 28)

(p. 555) nalacālā an artful trick of setting a rod on move (feigned to be done by occult incantation) to detect a thief. নল চালা v. to set a rod on move to detect a thief by means of occult incantation. 81)

(p. 563) nāti1 (used as a pfx.) not much, moderately. ̃খর্ব a. not very short or dwarfish. ̃দীর্ঘ a. not very long. ̃বৃহত্ a. not very big; of moderate or medium size. ̃শীতল a. not very cold; moderately cold. ̃শীতোষ্ণ a. of mild temperature, temperate. নাতিশীতোষ্ণ মন্ডল (geog.) the temperate zone. ̃স্হূল a. not very fat or bulky. ̃হ্রস্ব a. not very short. 6)

(p. 587) niścihna without a sign; effaced; obliterated; erased; eradicated. ̃করণ n. effacing, effacement; obliterating; eradicating. নিশ্চিহ্ন করা v. to efface; to obliterate; to eradicate. 62)

(p. 568) niumōniẏā pneumonia. 18)