(p. 587) niśi the night (দিবানিশি); an evil spirit whose hypnotic call at night makes a sleeping person follow it and meet with his or her death (cp. night-hag). নিশিতে পাওয়া v. to be hypnotized by this evil spirit. 50)

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

(p. 590) niṣkāśana, niṣkāsana squeezing out, extraction; expulsion; removal; banishment; drawing out or unsheathing (a sword etc.) নিষ্কাশন করা v. to extract; to expel, to remove; to banish; to draw out or unsheathe. 26)

(p. 593) nīlāmbara a piece of blue cloth or loincloth. a. wearing a blue loincloth. নীলাম্বরী n. a piece of women's blue loincloth. 40)

(p. 550) naṭē a kind of pot-herb or spinach having different species. 41)

(p. 563) nāraṅga, nāraṅgi the orange. 55)

(p. 550) najira a precedent, an example; a caselaw. নজির দেখানো v. to cite a case-law or a precedent. নজির রাখা v. to set an example. নজির হওয়া v. to be a precedent (of). ̃স্বরুপ a. exemplary; precedental. ̃হীন, ̃বিহীন a. without a precedent; unexampled. 28)

(p. 561) nāṭukē dramatic; theatrical; histrionic (নাটুকে কথাবার্তা); writing dramas (নাটুকে রামনারায়ণ); dramaturgic. ̃পনা n. theatricality. 40)

(p. 550) naga a mountain; a tree. ̃নদী n. a river issuing from a mountain, a mountain stream. 13)

(p. 593) nīlā lapis-lazuli, sapphire. 34)

(p. 574) nidhubana2 a garden in Brindaban which was the meeting-place or trysting-place of Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 5)

(p. 555) narādhipa a king. 66)

(p. 577) nimakhuna almost murdered, half-murdered; (in law) assailed with such a grievous hurt as has or might have amounted to murder. n. culpable homicide not amounting to murder. 6)

(p. 585) nirbāpaka extinguishing; allaying or alleviating or mitigating (শোক নির্বাপক). n. an extinguisher; an allayer, a mitigator. অগ্নিনির্বাপক-যন্ত্র n. a fire-fighting appliance, a fire-extinguisher. 26)

(p. 560) nāka the nose, the olfactory organ; the sense of smell; the power to distinguish smell, smelling power (তোমার নাক তো খুব). নাক উঁচানো v. (fig.) to turn up one's nose (at), to show disdain (at). নাকঝাড়া v. to blow one's nose. নাক টেপা v. to press one's nose; (ridi.). to say one's prayers silently. নাক ডাকা v. to snore. নাক ফোঁড়া, নাক বেঁধানো v. to perforate the septum of one's nose. ̃বরাবর adv. straight, straightaway, in the direction of one's nose. নাক বাঁকানো same as নাক উঁচানো । নাক মলা v. to pull or twist one's own nose as a mark of regret for a mistake or fault. নাক সিঁটকানো same as নাক উঁচানো । নাকে খত see খত । নাকে-মুখে গোঁজা v. to eat very hurriedly; to gulp down. নাকের ছেঁদা a nostril. নাকের জলে চোখের জলে হওয়া (fig.) to be embarrassed, to be in deep waters or quagmire. নিজের নাক কেটে পরের যাত্রাভঙ্গ করা (fig.) to do a greater harm to oneself in an attempt to put somebody into trouble. 8)