(p. 577) nimitta a cause or reason; a motive, an end in view, an aim; necessity, need; an omen, a prognostic, a presage, a portent (দুর্নিমিত্ত); one who acts as an instrument of another, a tool, an agent. prep. for, because of, on account of, owing to, due to (রোগের নিমিত্ত). নিমিত্তের ভাগী responsible only for an action and not for its cause, one held responsible for an action because of one's mere presence although one has taken no part in it. নিমিত্তের ভাগী হওয়া to have to share the responsibility and consequence of another person's action. নিমিত্তজ্ঞ , নিমিত্তবিদ n. an augur, a diviner, a soothsayer. ̃মাত্র n. a mere agent or instrument. নিমিত্তার্থ n. (gr.) the gerundial force or the infinitive mood. a. gerundial. 14)

(p. 555) narōttama the best amongst men; Narayana (নারায়ণ) or Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 71)

(p. 570) nikhāta dug, excavated; thrust into, buried, planted, inserted. 20)

(p. 563) nārāja unwilling, disagreeing; displeased; discontented. 61)

(p. 593) nēpō the name of a sly rogue. যার ধন তার নয় নেপোয় মারে দই (fig.) the honest man drudges whilst the idle knave profits by the honest man's labour or toil. 84)

(p. 550) naḍ়ā2 to move; to shake, to stir; to shift, to remove; to get loose; to become otherwise, to deviate, to be altered. a. one who or that which has moved; shaken; shifted, removed; loosened; altered. 46)

(p. 561) nāca dancing; capering; a dance; a caper (ছাগলের নাচ, বাঁদরের নাচ); (sarcas.) ludicrous gesticulations or fretting. ̃উলি, ̃ওয়ালি n. a professional dancing girl or dancing-woman, a ballerina. ̃ঘর n. a dancing-hall; a ball-room; a theatre. নাচন, নাচনি1, নাচুনি2 n. dancing; (sarcas.) ludicrous gesticulations or fretting. নাচনি2, নাচুনি2, নাচুনে n a dancing-girl or dancing-woman; a ballerina. a. engaged in or given to or expert in dancing (নাচুনি মেয়ে); having rhythmic beats, dancing, rhythmic (নাচুনে ছন্দ). 22)

(p. 574) nipatana act of falling down, fall; downfall. 14)

(p. 593) naikaṭya imminence; proximity; nearness; neighbourhood; closeness; intimacy. 92)

(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. 583) nirṇēẏa that which is to be or can be discerned or ascertained or decided or resolved; discernible, ascertainable, determinable; decidable. 34)

(p. 593) naitika moral, ethical. নৈতিক চরিত্র moral character. 95)

(p. 555) nabībhabana state of being renewed, renovation, renewal; state of being mended or repaired. 15)

(p. 577) nimajjamāna in the state of being drowned, sinking; that which is being submerged, immersing; almost engrossed or absorbed or overwhelmed. see also মজ্জমান । fem. নিমজ্জমানা । 8)

(p. 555) nalikā a stem or stalk (of a plant); a reed; a pipe, a cylinder; an artery. 87)