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

(p. 563) nāndī an invocation at the opening of a drama. ̃কর n. one who recites the invocation at the opening of a drama. ̃পাঠ n. recital of the invocation at the opening of a drama. ̃মুখ n. an obsequial rite performed at the start of a happy ceremony, such as marriage. 24)

(p. 587) nirlōma hairless; having no fleece or woolly covering. 41)

(p. 559) nā3 not; no; nay. int. expressing: question (পড়তে বসবে না?); request or insistence, please (দুটো টাকা দাও না); doubt or uncertainty, will it or will it not, will there be or will there not be (বৃষ্টি হবে, না?); want or excess, how much or how many, what a (সংসারে কত না জ্বালা); amazement (আগুনেও সে পোড়ে না); sorrow or exception or complaint (যাও-আমায় দিলে না তো); contempt or ridicule (পারলে না তো). con. or, nor না রাম না গঙ্গা. prep. without (না বুঝে). in comp. no, not, non-, un- (নাধর্মী). না রাম না গঙ্গা (fig.) neither fish nor fowl. 10)

(p. 550) najira a precedent, an example; a caselaw. নজির দেখানো v. to cite a case-law or a precedent. নজির রাখা v. to set an example. নজির হওয়া v. to be a precedent (of). ̃স্বরুপ a. exemplary; precedental. ̃হীন, ̃বিহীন a. without a precedent; unexampled. 28)

(p. 593) nēpathya the green-room or dressingroom of a theatre; a place or position behind the stage or screen not visible from the auditorium; costumes and articles used for the make-up of actors and actresses. ̃বিধান n. dressing and make-up of actors and actresses. নেপথ্যে adv. from a place behind the stage or screen and invisible from the auditorium. (fig.) away from the knowledge of the public, secretly. 82)

(p. 581) nirāpattā safety, security. নিরাপত্তা পরিষদ n. the Security Council (of the U.N.O.). নিরাপত্তা রক্ষী n. the security guard. 18)

(p. 563) nārakīẏa worthy only of hell, hellish, infernal; diabolical. 53)

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

(p. 586) nirbīrya lacking strength or valour; feeble or timid; impotent.

(p. 571) nijāma (Mus.) a provincial governor; the Nizam of Hyderabad. নিজামত, নিজামতি n. the office or rule or property of a Nizam; dispensation of justice in criminal cases. a. of a Nizam; criminal (নিজামত আদালত = a criminal court). 15)

(p. 555) nalā2 a tubular bone (esp. of hands or legs). 84)

(p. 561) nācāra having no means; helpless; resourceless. 26)

(p. 593) nībāra paddy grown from airborne seeds that have fallen on an unploughed field. 20)

(p. 582) nirālōka without light, lightless; dark. n. lightlessness; darkness. 2)