(p. 593) nēpathya the green-room or dressingroom of a theatre; a place or position behind the stage or screen not visible from the auditorium; costumes and articles used for the make-up of actors and actresses. ̃বিধান n. dressing and make-up of actors and actresses. নেপথ্যে adv. from a place behind the stage or screen and invisible from the auditorium. (fig.) away from the knowledge of the public, secretly. 82)

(p. 563) nārāca a kind of arrow made of iron, an iron-shaft. 60)

(p. 549) nakaśāla an armed revolutionary Marxist movement which originated in Naxalbari in Darjeeling district; a person who believes in such a movement or is a member of it. 16)

(p. 587) niścihna without a sign; effaced; obliterated; erased; eradicated. ̃করণ n. effacing, effacement; obliterating; eradicating. নিশ্চিহ্ন করা v. to efface; to obliterate; to eradicate. 62)

(p. 550) nagarīẏa of a town or city, urban; civic. 19)

(p. 593) nōṃrā dirty, filthy, foul; despicable, hateful, abominable; impure, unclean, unholy; base, mean, vile (নোংরা মন, নোংরা মতলব); indecent or obscene (নোংরা ভাষা, নোংরা গল্প). n. dirt, filth, refuse. ̃মি, ̃মো n. dirtiness, filthiness, foulness; baseness, meanness, vileness; indecency or obscenity; indulgence in dirtiness or meanness or vileness or indecency or obscenity. 113)

(p. 593) nībāra paddy grown from airborne seeds that have fallen on an unploughed field. 20)

(p. 593) naikaṭya imminence; proximity; nearness; neighbourhood; closeness; intimacy. 92)

(p. 587) niśuti late night, night far advanced. a. late, far advanced (নিশুতি রাত্রি). 56)

(p. 583) nirdōṣa faultless, guiltless, immaculate (নির্দোষ চরিত্র); not guilty, innocent (নির্দোষ ব্যক্তি); flawless (নির্দোষ কাজ); harmless (নির্দোষ খেলা). নির্দোষ আমোদপ্রমোদ innocent amusements or diversion or pastime. নির্দোষ a. (pop.) not guilty, innocent. n. (pop.) an innocent person. নির্দোষিতা n. innocence; guiltlessness; flawlessness. 40)

(p. 555) namasya worthy of being greeted with a bow or obeisance or genuflection, worthy of being saluted; venerable or adorable. fem. নমস্যা । 38)

(p. 593) nētānō, nyātānō to droop or flag; to loose crispness (মুড়িগুলো নেতিয়ে গেছে). নেতিয়ে যাওয়া same as নেতানো, ন্যাতানো । 77)

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

(p. 580) nirabalamba, nirabalambana having no support or prop; helpless; destitute; having no shelter, homeless. 22)

(p. 549) nōbata an orchestra in which the sanai (সানাই) is the chief instrument. ̃খানা n. a room or platform where the aforesaid orchestra is played. 10)