(p. 549) ni tālima neo-education, neo-literacy; a novel method of education, generally applied to Gandhi's Basic Education scheme. 6)

(p. 550) nada (used rather arbitrarily as masc. of নদী) a large river (সিন্ধুনদ). ̃নদী n. pl. rivers and streams of all descriptions large and small. 59)

(p. 574) nipāta death, ruin, destruction. নিপাত যাওয়া v. to die, to be killed or ruined or destroyed, to go to rack and ruin; to be damned. নিপাত যাও to hell with you. 17)

(p. 590) niṣuti fast asleep, sleeping soundly (নিষুতি নগরী); hushed, drowned in silence (নিষুতি রাত্রি). 6)

(p. 555) nabōdaẏa recent rise; new appearance or revelation. 20)

(p. 574) nidhēẏa worthy of being deposited or placed. 6)

(p. 593) nōḍ়ā a pestle (esp. one made of stone) a muller. 118)

(p. 591) niṣphala fruitless; abortive; ineffectual, futile, of no avail, vain; impotent (নিষ্ফল ক্রোধ). নিষ্ফলা a. fem. of নিষ্ফল ।. a. (of trees etc.) bearing no fruit, fruitless, acarpous; (of land etc.) unproductive, barren; (of days etc.) yielding no success or benefit (নিষ্ফলা বার). নিষ্ফল করা v. to frustrate. নিষ্ফল হওয়া v. to be abortive; to be in vain, to be ineffectual, to be futile; to fail. ̃তা n. fruitlessness; ineffectuality; frustration; failure; impotency. 27)

(p. 577) niyōktā an employer. 26)

(p. 571) nijasba one's own property. a. belonging to or devised by one's own self, own. নিজস্ব করা v. to appropriate to oneself; to make one's own. 14)

(p. 582) nirāsakta indifferent, apathetic; detached; disinterested; without attachment (usu. to worldly or mundane things). 6)

(p. 563) nāmānō to cause to get down, to bring down; to cause to set in (বৃষ্টি নামানো); to bring or lay down upon the ground (মাথার বস্তা নামানো); to unload (গাড়ি থেকে মাল নামানো); to cause to appear in (আসরে নামানো); to cause to come out in (পথে নামানো); to cause to flow out or stream or ooze (চোখের জল নামানো); to degrade or demote; to deprave; to cause to go down or fall, to decrease, to abate; to cause to quote a lower price or easier terms; to cause to have loose motions or diarrhoea; to purge or evacuate strongly (এ ওষুধে পেট নামাবে); to have loose motions or diarrhoea (রোগীর পেট নামাচ্ছে). 39)

(p. 593) nīca2 low; inferior; base, mean; vile. নীচ কুল a family that is socially inferior; a low-caste family. ̃কুলজাত ̃কুলোদ্ভব a. of low birth, low-born. fem. ̃কুলজাতা, ̃কুলোদ্ভবা । ̃গামী same as নীচাসক্ত fem. ̃গামিনী । ̃চেতা same as নীচমনা । ̃জাতীয় a. belonging to or coming of a low caste, low-born. fem. ̃জাতীয়া । ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. lowness; inferiority; baseness, meanness; vileness. ̃প্রকৃতি a. by nature mean; naturally or essentially mean. n. mean nature. ̃প্রবৃত্তি a. having base tendencies or propensities or desire. n. a base tendency or desire. ̃ভাষা n. vulgar language, slang. ̃মনা a small-minded, mean-minded. ̃যোনি n. a creature of an inferior (esp. non-human) order; birth in an inferior order of creatures. a. born as an inferior creature; born of an inferior creature. ̃স্বভাব same as নীচপ্রকৃতি fem. ̃স্বভাবা । ̃হৃদয় a. same as নীচমনা । 11)

(p. 581) nirābaraṇa uncovered, bare. 20)

(p. 593) nībi, nībī the part of the loincloth fastened round one's (chiefly a woman's) waist; a knot by which the loincloth is fastened at one's waist (usu. নীবিবন্ধ, নীবিবন্ধন); (loos.) a waist-band. 21)