(p. 555) nartana dancing; a dance. ̃কুর্দন n. dancing and jumping about; (fig.) bragging and blustering. ̃প্রিয় a. fond of dancing. ̃শালা n. a dance-hall, a dancingsalon. 73)

(p. 550) nagna without clothes, unclad, nude, naked (নগ্নদেহ); uncovered, bare (নগ্নপদ, নগ্নশির); without spectacles, naked (নগ্নচক্ষু); without ornaments, bare (নগ্ন বাহু); clear, cloudless (নগ্ন আকাশ); unsheathed, naked (নগ্ন তরবারি = naked steel); obvious or unvarnished or plain or simple (নগ্ন সত্য). fem. নগ্না । নগ্ন সত্য naked truth, stark reality. ̃ক a. without clothes, naked, nude. n. one of a class of Buddhist friars moving naked or very insufficiently clothed. ̃তা n. nakedness, nudity; bareness; obviousness. নগ্নিকা a. fem. without clothes, naked, nude. n. fem. a girl whose menses have not yet started; an infant girl. নগ্নীকরণ n. act of making naked, denudation; uncovering. নগ্নীকৃত a. made naked, denuded; uncovered. নগ্নীভবন n. act of becoming naked, denudation; act of becoming uncovered. 23)

(p. 555) narama soft (নরম শরীর); malleable, plastic, easily cut; sleek নরম চুল; low নরম সুর; bland নরম স্বর; mild, gentle নরম মেজাজ; tender or delicate (নরম মন); softened or appeased or moved with pity (মন নরম হওয়া); slack, loose (নরম বাঁধন); slackened, loosened (বাঁধন নরম হওয়া); not hardened (নরম পাকের সন্দেশ); deprived of crispness (বিস্কুটগুলো নরম হয়ে গেছে); weak (নরম লোক); abated (জ্বর নরম হওয়া); pleasant, cool (নরম আলো); that which has undergone slump or general drop in prices (নরম বাজার); almost rotten (ফলগুলো নরম হয়ে গেছে). নরম হওয়া v. to soften; to be appeased; to slacken or loosen; to abate; to slump; to come down. নরম মাটি soft clay; loamy soil; (fig.) one who is easily pliable; a weak person. নরম-গরম a. partly angry or rude and partly tender or soft; rather harsh; blandly harsh. n. harsh words spoken in a bland voice (নরম-গরম শোনানো). 63)

(p. 593) nīrājana, nīrājanā cleaning arms and armour on the eve of going to war; worshipping an idol by waving lamps, fly-whisks etc. before it. 32)

(p. 555) nabāba (Mus.) a feudal prince or viceroy, a nawab; (sarcas.) a haughty, easeloving and luxurious man. ̃জাদা n. a nawab's son. fem. ̃জাদি a nawab's daughter. ̃নাজিম n. a provincial governor and judge. ̃পুত্র, (coll. corrup.) ̃পুত্তুর n. a nawab's son; (sarcas.) a haughty, ease-loving and luxurious man. fem. ̃পুত্রী a nawab's daughter. নবাবি n. the office or state of a nawab; position or charge of a nawab; haughty ease-loving and luxurious or extravagant style of living. a. of or concerning a nawab. 7)

(p. 555) nalakhāgaḍ়ā a reed. 80)

(p. 574) nindā animadversion, upbraiding, reprehension; reflection; reproach, censure, blame, condemnation; slander, calumny, vilification; disrepute, discredit. v. (poet.) same as নিন্দা করা । ̃কর same as নিন্দাজনক । নিন্দা করা v. to animadvert, to upbraid, to reprehend, to reflect upon, to reproach, to censure, to blame, to condemn, to slander, to calumniate, to vilify, to speak ill of; (poet.) to bring discredit upon, to put to shame. ̃কারী same as নিন্দুক । fem. ̃কারিণী । ̃জনক a. discreditable, disgraceful, slanderous, scandalous, shameful. ̃বাদ n. censure, censorious utterance or comments. ̃ভাজন a. (of a person) deserving censure or reproach. ̃যোগ্য, ̃র্হ a. deserving to be censured; condemnable; blamable, blameworthy; discreditable; disreputable. ̃সুচক a. condemnatory, slanderous, calumniatory. নিন্দাসূচক প্রস্তাব censure motion. ̃স্তুতি n. censure and praise. 9)

(p. 593) nōlaka a nose-ring set with a pendent, a nose-drop. 123)

(p. 561) nāḍ়ā1 a stubble. 43)

(p. 587) nirmakṣika free from flies; desolate; lonely. 16)

(p. 561) nāḍ়ācāḍ়ā stirring or moving or handling (esp. roughly) or displacing or shifting; casual study (শাস্ত্র নাড়াচাড়া); thinking or considering (তথ্য নিয়ে নাড়াচাড়া); discussion esp. wide and popular (পরের কলন্ক নিয়ে নাড়াচাড়া). নারাচারা করা v. to stir or move or handle (esp. roughly); to displace or shift; to study casually; to think or consider; to discuss esp. publicly; to test or sound (ছেলেটিকে একটু নেড়েচেরে দেখব). 45)

(p. 555) narēndra, narēśa, narēśbara a king; the greatest or best amongst men. 70)

(p. 593) nēōṭā, nyāōṭā (of a child etc.) extremely fond of or attached to or brought under perfect control by means of affectionate treatment. 67)

(p. 550) naṭa1 one of a race of mixed blood. নটী fem. a female member of this race; a prostitute, a whore. 30)

(p. 561) nāgāḍ় continuous, incessant, ceaseless (নাগাড় তিনমাস). নাগাড়ে adv. continuously, incessantly, ceaselessly. একনাগাড়ে adv. without break, at a stretch. 16)