(p. 593) nīrasa not juicy, juiceless; sapless; dry; dull, having no sense of humour, having no power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipid, uninteresting, jejune, dull (নীরস কথাবার্তা); monotonous, prosaic (নীরস জীবন); glum, sullen (নীরস হাসি বা মুখ); unpleasant, cheerless (নীরস আবহাওয়া). ̃তা n. lack of juice or sap; dryness; lack of sense of humour, lack of power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipidity, lack of interest, dullness, monotony, prosiness, glumness, sullenness; unpleasantness, cheerlessness. 31)

(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) nūtana new; novel; young; at the first blush or onset (নূতন যৌবন); modern, recent; newly grown or born (নূতন ফল, নূতন শাবক); fresh; strange, unknown (নূতন জগত্, নূতন লোক); changed (এখন সে নূতন লোক); নূতন করে adv. anew; over again; afresh. ̃ত্ব n. newness; novelty; modernity, recency; freshness. 58)

(p. 593) nairbyaktika impersonal (নৈর্ব্যক্তিক ঈশ্বর); not man-made, divine (নৈর্ব্যক্তিক শাস্ত্র). 107)

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

(p. 593) naikaṣēẏa a son of Nikasa (নিকষা) in the Ramayana, Ravana and his brothers. 93)

(p. 572) nidāgha summer; heat. ̃কাল n. summertime. ̃পীড়িত a. afflicted with summerheat. 16)

(p. 591) nistēja lacking vigour, weak, feckless; lacking lustre or brightness, dull, dim; weakened, down in the mouth. নিস্তেজ হওয়া v. to lose strength and vigour, to be weak. 41)

(p. 550) nada (used rather arbitrarily as masc. of নদী) a large river (সিন্ধুনদ). ̃নদী n. pl. rivers and streams of all descriptions large and small. 59)

(p. 550) naṭabara1 an appellation of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 37)

(p. 574) niba a nib. 24)

(p. 582) nirāśraẏa shelterless, homeless; helpless, destitute. fem. নিরাশ্রয়া । 5)

(p. 593) nētṛtba the lead; leadership; direction; guidance; command; headmanship, pioneering. নেতৃত্ব করা v. to lead; to direct, to guide; to command; to head; to pioneer. 79)

(p. 568) nāsikya (chiefly gr.) nasal; nasalized (নাসিক্য ধ্বনি). 9)

(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)