(p. 593) nīla the blue colour, azure; the indigo plant or the dye made from it; synthetic indigo, azuring; Shiva (শিব) or his worship (নীলের উপোস). a. blue, azure; azurine. ̃কন্ঠ a. blue-necked. n. a kind of blue-necked bird, the bluebreast, the roller bird; Shiva (শিব). ̃কমল n. the blue lotus. ̃কর n. an indigo-planter. ̃কান্তমণি n. lapis-lazuli, sapphire. ̃কুঠি n. an indigo-factory. ̃গাই n. the blue-sheep of Tibet, nilgai, the blue bull, ̃পদ্ম n. the blue lotus. ̃পূজা n. the worship of Shiva (শিব) on the penultimate or the last day of the Bengali year. ̃প্রভ a. having a blue lustre or radiance. ̃বর্ণ n. & a. blue, azure. a. fem. ˜বর্ণা । নীলবর্ণ শৃগাল (fig.) a pretender. ̃বসন n. blue clothes or cloth. a. dressed in blue. a. fem. ̃বসনা । ̃মণি n. lapis-lazuli, sapphire; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃রক্ত n. blue blood; (fig.) high birth. ̃লোহিত n. a colour between crimson and violet, purple; Shiva (শিব). a. purple. ̃ষষ্টী n. the last or the penultimate day of the Bengali year when Shiva (শিব) is worshipped. 33)

(p. 563) nādāpēṭā pot-bellied; (loos.) corpulent. 15)

(p. 559) nasiba fate, luck; fortune, destiny. নসিবের দোষ ill-luck. নসিবের দোষে adv. through ill-luck, as ill-luck would have it. 5)

(p. 583) nirgalana melting; exudation; filtration. 12)

(p. 563) nāda2 excrements (esp. of cattle), droppings, dung. 10)

(p. 561) nāgarā a kind of loose and usually gaudy shoe or slipper. 9)

(p. 585) nirbartana accomplishment, execution, performance. 11)

(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)

(p. 555) nabōtsāha new or fresh energy or vigour or enthusiasm or zeal; a fresh attempt. 19)

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

(p. 550) nakta the night. ̃চর, ̃চারী, ̃ঞ্চারী a. active by night; wandering by night; nocturnal; nightfaring, noctivagant. n. the rakshas; the bat; a thief, a burglar; a person active by night, a nightbird. নক্তান্ধ a. blind by night, nyctalopic. নক্তান্ধতা n. nyctalopia. Also রাত্র্যন্ধতা । 4)

(p. 587) niṣāda2 (mus.) the major sixth of the Cscale.

(p. 582) niruccāra speechless, silent; mute; mum. 19)

(p. 555) nalā2 a tubular bone (esp. of hands or legs). 84)

(p. 550) nakhāghāta an instance or act of nailing or clawing. নখাঘাত করা v. to nail or claw. 9)