(p. 568) nikaṣa a streakplate or touchstone; whetstone; whetting; a testing streak of gold. নিকষণ n. act of rubbing or testing (gold) on a touchstone. নিকষিত a. rubbed or tested on a touchstone; polished; found to be genuine by testing on a touchstone, pure, sterling ('নিকষিত হেম'). 23)

(p. 593) nuḍ়i a pebble; a stone-chip. 50)

(p. 555) naẏanōpānta the corner of the eye. 58)

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

(p. 591) nisindā a herbal plant (its leaves are often smoked as tobacco), Vitex negundo. 31)

(p. 563) nāla3 a vein; a tube; a hollow culm or stalk esp. of the lotus. 68)

(p. 593) nīrajā1 of নীরজ । 26)

(p. 568) nāsti is not, are not. n. inexistence, non-existence; absence. 12)

(p. 550) nagurē a townman, one who lives in a town or a city; a townee. a. of one living in a town or a city. 22)

(p. 593) nṛsiṃha, nṛsiṃhābatāra (myth.) the fourth incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) in the form of a being whose upper half of the body was shaped like a man whilst the lower half was shaped like a lion, Man-lion. 64)

(p. 563) nāmā3 to come or go down, to get down, to descent, to alight; to climb down; to dismount (ঘোড়া থেকে নামা); to disembark, to get out of (জাহাজ বা গাড়ি থেকে নামা); to go down into (জলে নামা); to stoop, to incline, to slope, to become lower or depressed, to sink (ঘরের ছাদ নেমে গেছে, পথ নেমে গেছে); to decrease, to abate, to fall (জ্বর নামা, দর নামা); to go down, to set (সূর্য পশ্চিমে নেমেছে); to set in, to ensue, to commence (বৃষ্টি নেমেছে); to appear in (আসরে নামা); to come out in (পথে নামা); to take part, to join (তর্কে নামা); to flow out, to ooze, to stream (ঘাম নামা, চোখের জল নামা); to be degraded or demoted (উঁচু পদ থেকে নামা, ক্লাস থেকে নামা); to be depraved (ছেলেটা অনেক দূর থেকে নেমে গেছে); to quote a lower price or easier terms (সে আর নামবে না তা লেন-দেন হোক আর না হোক); to have loose motions or diarrhoea (পেট নামা). a. depressed, sunk (নামা জায়গা). 37)

(p. 554) nandōtsaba the festival to celebrate lord Krishna's birth. 4)

(p. 550) naḍ়i a stick; (fig.) a support or prop (অন্ধের নড়ি). 49)

(p. 563) nālā a duct; a drain; a canal; a wayside gutter. 70)

(p. 583) nirjība lifeless, dead; inanimate (নির্জীব পদার্থ); devitalized, effete; spiritless, languid, inert; exhausted, fatigued; very feeble, faint; dull. ̃তা n. lifelessness; inanimation; lack of vitality or vigour; effeteness; languor, inertia, spiritlessness; exhaustion, fatigue; feebleness, faintness; dullness. 26)