(p. 577) nimiṣa a twinkle of an eye, a wink; the time covered by a wink, a moment, a trice, a triflingly short time (নিমিষের মধ্যে). এক নিমিষে in the twinkling of an eye, in a trice, in a jiffy. ̃হারা a. (of eyes or glance) steadfast, fixed, unwinking. নিমিষহারা চোখে চাওয়া v. to look steadfastly, to gaze. 15)

(p. 568) nāsa snuff; anything inhaled or taken in like the snuff (জলের নাস). নাস নেওয়া v. to inhale, to take or draw in. ̃দান, ̃দানি n. the snuffbox. 5)

(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. 586) nirbiṇṇa aggrieved; regretful, repentant; penitent; mortified; sorry. 10)

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

(p. 583) nirēṭa not hollow or liquid; solid or hard; (sarcas.) dull-headed, doltish, stupid; thorough, utter, downright (নিরেট মূর্খ). n. (coll.) a dunce, a dolt, a blockhead, a numskull (সে একটা নিরেট). 6)

(p. 563) nālaphula the white water-lily, the lotus. 69)

(p. 587) nirbōdha dull; stupid, foolish. n. (pop.) a blockhead. 6)

(p. 554) nandī same as নন্দি2 । a. delighted. নন্দীভৃঙ্গী same as নন্দিভৃঙ্গি 3)

(p. 563) nāẏēka a soldier holding the lowest non-commissioned rank in the Indian Army, a naik; a surname of south-west Bengali Hindus. 48)

(p. 581) nirānanda cheerless; joyless, unhappy; sad, sullen, glum; gloomy (নিরানন্দ গৃহ). n. cheerlessness, unhappiness; sadness; gloominess. 17)

(p. 563) nāmatā (arith.) the multiplication table. 34)

(p. 561) nākṣatra, nākṣatrika stellar, astral, sidereal fem. নাক্ষত্রিকী । নাক্ষত্র কাল sidereal time. নাক্ষত্র দিন a sidereal day. নাক্ষত্র বত্সর a sidereal year. নাক্ষত্র মাস a stellar or sidereal month. নাক্ষত্র লম্বন (astr.) secular parallax. 2)

(p. 580) niraṅkuśa unpreventable; inevitable; unhindered; unattached; free from ties of attachment; dispassionate; wayward, wilful. নিরঙ্কুশ গরিষ্ঠতা absolute majority. 9)

(p. 563) nālikā bānḍila (anat.) vascular bundle. 73)