(p. 583) nirōdha, nirōdhana siege; counteraction, obstruction, opposition, prevention; restraint, control, repression; (phys.) chocking. নিরোধ করা v. to besiege, to counteract, to obstruct, to oppose, to prevent; to check, to restrain, to control, to repress; (phys.) to choke. নিরোধক a. besieging; counteracting, obstructing; opposing, preventing; restraining, controlling, repressing; choking. 8)

(p. 559) nā3 not; no; nay. int. expressing: question (পড়তে বসবে না?); request or insistence, please (দুটো টাকা দাও না); doubt or uncertainty, will it or will it not, will there be or will there not be (বৃষ্টি হবে, না?); want or excess, how much or how many, what a (সংসারে কত না জ্বালা); amazement (আগুনেও সে পোড়ে না); sorrow or exception or complaint (যাও-আমায় দিলে না তো); contempt or ridicule (পারলে না তো). con. or, nor না রাম না গঙ্গা. prep. without (না বুঝে). in comp. no, not, non-, un- (নাধর্মী). না রাম না গঙ্গা (fig.) neither fish nor fowl. 10)

(p. 571) nijasba one's own property. a. belonging to or devised by one's own self, own. নিজস্ব করা v. to appropriate to oneself; to make one's own. 14)

(p. 560) nākachābi an ornament for the nose, a nose-pin. 12)

(p. 561) nāga the snake, the serpent; the elephant (দিঙ্নাগ). অষ্টনাগ n. (myth.) the eight chief snakes collectively. ̃কেশর n. a kind of flower or its plant. ̃দন্ত n. a tusk of an elephant; ivory. ̃পঞ্চমী n. the fifth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Shravan (শ্রাবণ) when Goddess Manasa (মনসা) is worshipped. ̃পাশ n. an ancient missile said to be capable of producing snakes that bound the victim (as with a noose). ̃ফণী n. cactus. ̃মাতা n. (myth.) Kadru (কদ্রু) the first mother of snakes. ̃রাজ n. the king of snakes; Vasuki (বাসুকী) or Ananta (অনন্ত). ̃লোক n. the region inhabited by the snakes; Hades or the nether world. 5)

(p. 555) nabānna the festival of eating newly grown autumnal rice in the month of Agrahayan (অগ্রহায়ণ). 6)

(p. 582) nirindriẏa having no sense-organ; (fig.) deprived or devoid of sense-perception. 9)

(p. 561) nākhōdā, nākhudā a captain of a ship; a merchant exporting and importing by sea; a Muslim community consisting of merchants (নাখোদা মসজিদ). 3)

(p. 550) nakha a nail (of a finger or a toe); a talon, a claw (of a bird or a beast). নখ কাটা v. to cut or pare nails. নখ কাটা ছুরি বা কাঁচি বা নরুন n. a nail-cutter. ̃কুনি, ̃কোনি n. a painful ingrowing nail, whitlow. ̃দর্পন n. the esoteric power of reflecting unknown or distant things on the face of the nail; (fig.) the range of one's cognition (সমস্ত ব্যপার তার নখদর্পনে = the whole thing is within his command or grasp; the entire affair is at his finger-tips). নখর n. a talon, a claw (of a bird or beast); (facet.) a nail (of a man). ̃রঞ্জনী n. nail-polish. নখরাগ্র n. the tip of the claw. নখরাঘাত n. clawing. নখরাঘাত করা v. to claw. ̃রেখা, ̃লেখা n. a mark caused by nail. ̃শূল n. whitlow. 7)

(p. 555) narākāra, narākṛti human-shaped, manshaped. নরাকার পশু a beast in human shape or form; a beastly person, a brute. 64)

(p. 559) nalina the lotus, the lily. নলিনাক্ষ a. lotus-eyed. নলিনী n. fem. lotuses or lilies collectively; a clump or bed of the lotus or lily; a place where the lotus or lily grows abundantly; (loos.) the lotus, the lily. নলিনীরুহ n. a stalk of the lotus or lily. 2)

(p. 555) nabōdita a recently risen, newly risen; newly appeared or revealed. 21)

(p. 593) nihāi an anvil, stithy. 6)

(p. 593) naibaca not such, not so, unlike this. নৈবচ, নৈবচ, নৈব নৈবচ will never be; never; it will never be so (ভিক্ষা চাওয়া নৈবচ নৈবচ). 99)

(p. 590) niṣkaluṣa free from vice, sinless; pure; free from dirt or stain; clean. 22)