(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. 550) nagādhipa, nagādhirāja, nagēndra the lord or king of mountains; appellations of the Himalayas. 21)

(p. 570) nigada an utterance, a saying. নিগদিত a. uttered, spoken. 27)

(p. 550) nakhī1 possessing claws, clawed. n. a clawed creature. 11)

(p. 561) nācā to dance; to caper (ছাগল নাচে); (of eyes) to blink or twinkle; to leap in joy ('হৃদয় আমার নাচে রে'); to be moved or excited (পরের কথায় নাচা). নাচ নাচা to dance a dance; (arch.) to tread a measure. নাচতে এসে ঘোমটা (fig.) hypocritical or sham bashfulness, a harlot veils her face when she takes in customers. নাচতে না জানলে উঠোনের দোষ a bad workman quarrels with his tools. 23)

(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. 550) nata stooping, bent; bowed down, genuflected; directed downwards (নত দৃষ্টি); low, depressed (নত স্হান); lowered (উঁচু মাথা নত হওয়া); inclined; humble, meek (নতকন্ঠে); yielding, submissive (বিজয়ীর কাছে নত). নত করা v. to stoop, to bend; to bow; to cause to genuflect; to direct downwards; to lower; to incline; to humble, to cause to yield or submit. নত হওয়া v. to stoop, to bend; to bow down, to genuflect; to be directed downwards; to incline; to become humble; to yield or submit (to). ̃জানু a. knelt down, genuflected. ̃তল n. (geom.) the plane of inclination. ̃নাস, ̃নাসিক a. flat-nosed, snubnosed, snub-nose. ̃মস্তক, ̃শির a. having one's head bowed esp. in obeisance; stooping forward; having the head hanging down; (fig.) downcast or submissive or defeated or discomfited. ̃মুখ a. having one's face turned downwards, looking down; (fig.) abashed. fem. ̃মুখী । 50)

(p. 587) niśipālana scriptural fasting or diet control on a full moon or a new moon night. নিশিপালন করা v. to fast or control one's diet on a full moon or a new moon night. 53)

(p. 555) naẏa1 & a. nine. নয়-ছয় a. scattered at sixes and sevens; squandered away. নয়-ছয় করা v. to squander away. 47)

(p. 574) nibaddha bound, tied, fastened; attached, affixed, adhering to; worn, put on; placed or deposited or thrust into; planted; put in, inserted, entered (লিপিনিবদ্ধ); fixed, settled, (of a gaze) firm and unchanging (নিবদ্ধদৃষ্টি); strung or arrayed (মাল্যনিবদ্ধ); registered. নিবদ্ধীকরণ n. fixation; planting; registration. 25)

(p. 572) nidarśana an instance, an example, a precedent; a proof, an evidence, a testimony; a sign; a token; a keepsake; a memento. ̃পত্র n. a testimonial, an introduction, a certificate; an identity card. ̃স্তম্ভ n. a pillar to fix or mark a boundary. নিদর্শনা n. (rhet.) transference of attributes. 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. 585) nirbala lacking in strength; weak; weakened, debilitated or devitalized. 13)

(p. 572) nijhuma perfectly silent; calm; still, motionless. 2)

(p. 555) naraka hell, inferno; pandemonium; (fig.) an abominable place, a hellish or infernal place; a mythological asura (অসুর). নরক গুলজার (lit. & fig.) the whole of pandemonium is here! নরক গুলজার করা v. to assemble in a group somewhere and make the place warm and noisy with wild talk and tattle. ˜কুন্ড n. a pit or well in hell (full of fire or abominable filth) into which sinners are put or thrown for punishment; a hell-pit; (fig.) a vicious or abominable or filthy or extremely disorderly place. ̃গামী a. condemned to hell, damned. ̃বাস, ̃ভোগ, ̃যন্ত্রণা n. condemnation to hell, damnation, perdition; (fig.) extreme suffering. ̃স্হ a. condemned to hell, damned. 62)