(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. 555) naẏa3 pop. form of নহে (see নহা). n. not-being, no, impossibility (নয়কে হয় করা). con. or, nor, else, otherwise. নয়কো v. is not, are not. নয়তো con. or, else, otherwise. int. meaning: certainly not, of course not (আমি নয়তো). 49)

(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. 591) nistabdha completely motionless or silent or still. ̃তা n. complete motionlessness or silence or stillness. 35)

(p. 593) nyāṭā left-handed; one whose left hand works better than the right one. 134)

(p. 577) niẏantraka same as নিয়ন্তা । 34)

(p. 585) nirbastra having no clothes; unclothed, unclad; naked, nude. 15)

(p. 583) nirgandha scentless, inodorous, odourless. 10)

(p. 587) niṣaṅga a container for arrows, a quiver নিষঙ্গী a. carrying a quiver. 65)

(p. 550) nani, nanī cream (of milk). ননির পুতুল (lit.) a puppet made of cream; (fig. & usu. sarcas.) one who is physically too delicate to stand any toil. ˜চোর, ̃চোরা n. one who steals (and eats) cream; an appellation of (infant) Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 63)

(p. 549) nakiba one who is employed to announce the glory of one's prince and the advent of a person to the prince's court, (cp.) an usher. 19)

(p. 583) nirgama, nirgamana act of coming or going out; emergence, act of issuing out, ejection, outflow. নির্গমকোণ n. (sc.) an angle of emergence. নির্গমনিবন্ধ n. outward register. নির্গমপথ n. an outlet. নির্গমবাণিজ্য n. export trade. নির্গমশুল্ক n. export duty. 11)

(p. 571) nicchidra having no holes; compact; flawless. 11)

(p. 550) naḍ়ā1 (dero. & vul.) the hand or the arm. 45)

(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)