(p. 581) nirānanda cheerless; joyless, unhappy; sad, sullen, glum; gloomy (নিরানন্দ গৃহ). n. cheerlessness, unhappiness; sadness; gloominess. 17)

(p. 580) nirartha meaningless, nonsense; useless, futile, vain ('নিরর্থ হাহাকারে'). নিরর্থক a. meaningless, nonsense; unreasonable, unnecessary; purposeless; useless, futile, vain. adv. in vain; meaninglessly; unreasonably, unwarrantedly; unnecessarily; without purpose.

(p. 550) nakhāgra the tip of a nail; the tip of the claw; the range of touch; (fig.) the range of perception or cognition. সমস্ত ব্যপার তার নখাগ্রে আছে same as সমস্ত ব্যাপার তার নখদর্পণে (see নখ). 8)

(p. 574) nibhān̐ja bearing no crease or foldingline or wrinkle; plane, smooth, unadulterated, pure, genuine. 51)

(p. 582) niruda waterless; (chem.) anhydrous; dehydrated. নিরুদক a. anhydrous. নিরুদন n. dehydration. 24)

(p. 572) nidēśa an order, a command; an authoritative prescription; a direction; a directive; an instruction. ̃কর্তা n. one who gives an order or instruction; one who enjoins; a director. ̃পত্র n. a letter containing an order or prescription; a directive. ̃বর্তী a. at one's command or beck and call; subordinate; obedient. 23)

(p. 593) nisbana sound, noise; (of wind instruments etc.) note; voice. 2)

(p. 550) najarānā a present or extra payment made to a dignitary or superior for a favour or grace; tribute. 27)

(p. 549) -na4 indicating: negation, opposition etc. (নগণ্য, নাতিদীর্ঘ). 4)

(p. 591) nispanda (of the pulse or the heart) not beating or throbbing; motionless, still (নিস্পন্দ আঁখি); benumbed, stuporous (নিস্পন্দ অঙ্গ).

(p. 593) nēmi circumference (of a wheel or any wheel-shaped object). 85)

(p. 581) nirātapa without sunshine or without sunlight; dark. 15)

(p. 581) nirākāṅkṣa having no desire; unambitious; having no inclination or greed; disinterested, indifferent. 8)

(p. 568) nikā (Mus.) widow-marriage; re-marriage of a divorced woman. নিকা করা v. to marry a widow or a divorced woman. নিকা বসা v. to re-marry after being widowed or divorced by the husband. 24)

(p. 577) nimitta a cause or reason; a motive, an end in view, an aim; necessity, need; an omen, a prognostic, a presage, a portent (দুর্নিমিত্ত); one who acts as an instrument of another, a tool, an agent. prep. for, because of, on account of, owing to, due to (রোগের নিমিত্ত). নিমিত্তের ভাগী responsible only for an action and not for its cause, one held responsible for an action because of one's mere presence although one has taken no part in it. নিমিত্তের ভাগী হওয়া to have to share the responsibility and consequence of another person's action. নিমিত্তজ্ঞ , নিমিত্তবিদ n. an augur, a diviner, a soothsayer. ̃মাত্র n. a mere agent or instrument. নিমিত্তার্থ n. (gr.) the gerundial force or the infinitive mood. a. gerundial. 14)