(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) nakhāghāta an instance or act of nailing or clawing. নখাঘাত করা v. to nail or claw. 9)

(p. 580) nirabadhi unlimited, endless, boundless, infinite, eternal (নিরবধি কাল); perpetual, continuous (নিরবধি দুঃখ). adv. endlessly; continuously; always. 20)

(p. 563) nāda1 sound, noise, report, roar. 9)

(p. 580) nirartha meaningless, nonsense; useless, futile, vain ('নিরর্থ হাহাকারে'). নিরর্থক a. meaningless, nonsense; unreasonable, unnecessary; purposeless; useless, futile, vain. adv. in vain; meaninglessly; unreasonably, unwarrantedly; unnecessarily; without purpose.

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

(p. 555) nalakhāgaḍ়ā a reed. 80)

(p. 550) nandā1 Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (astr. & astrol.) the first, the sixth and the eleventh lunar day of either fortnight. 66)

(p. 583) nirjana desolate; lonely, solitary. n. a lonely place; solitude. ̃তা n. desolateness, desolation; loneliness; solitude; seclusion. 22)

(p. 550) nagaṇya negligible, insignificant; worthless, of no importance. নগণ্য মানুষ an insignificant man, a man of straw. 14)

(p. 593) nōkara a servant, a serving-man; a paid employee, an employee. নোকরি n. a service, an employment. নোকরি করা v. to serve; (to) be in the employment (of). 114)

(p. 563) nābhi the navel, the umbilicus, (coll.) belly-button; (of a wheel) a hub, a nave. ̃কুন্ডল, ̃কুপ n. the umbilical cavity. ̃চ্ছেদন n. cutting off of the umbilical cord or the navel string. ̃দেশ n. the umbilical region. ̃পদ্ম n. a lotuslike navel; (rel.) a lotus in a navel. ̃লম্ব n. (conics.) latus rectum. ̃শ্বাস n. the last gasp; the dying state or stage; the pangs of death. 31)

(p. 593) nyāyya reasonable; logical, logically admissible; just; equitable; upright; right; rightful, lawful, legitimate. ̃তা n. reasonableness; logicality; justness; equity; uprightness; rightness; rightfulness, legitimacy. 138)

(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. 568) nāstika disbelieving in the existence of God, atheistical; disbelieving in the Vedas or scriptures. n. an atheist; an infidel. ̃তা, নাস্তিক্য n. atheism; infidelity. 13)