ন1 [ na1 ] n the twentieth letter of the Bengali alphabet.
ন3 [ na3 ] a (ori. & obs.) new; (pop.) fourth in seniority (নকাকা, নবউ, নবাবু).
-ন4 [ -na4 ] pfx indicating: negation, opposition etc. (নগণ্য, নাতিদীর্ঘ).
নই3 [ ni3 ] a female. নই-বাছুর n. a cow-calf.
নই তালিম [ ni tālima ] n neo-education, neo-literacy; a novel method of education, generally applied to Gandhi's Basic Education scheme.
নইলে [ nilē ] con otherwise, else. ☐ prep. with out, except (সে নইলে কে যাবে ?) ।
নউই [ nui ] n the ninth day of a month. ☐ a. (of the days of a month) ninth (নউই বৈশাখ).
নওজোয়ান [ nōjōẏāna ] n a young hero; a young man; (collect.) youths of a country.
নওবত [ nōbata ] n an orchestra in which the sanai (সানাই) is the chief instrument. ̃খানা n. a room or platform where the aforesaid orchestra is played.
নওরোজ [ nōrōja ] n the Persian New Year's day; a feast held on this day.
নওল [ nōla ] a (poet. & obs.) young or tenderaged (নওলকিশোর).
নকড়া-ছকড়া [ nakaḍ়ā-chakaḍ়ā ] n slight, neglect; (loos.) con fusion, disorder; (loos.) squandering. নকড়া-ছকড়া করা v. to slight or neglect, to play fast and loose; (loos.) to make a mess of, to throw at sixes and sevens; (loos.) to squander, to play ducks and drakes with. নকড়া-ছকড়া হওয়া v. to be slighted or neglected; (loos.) to be made a mess of; (loos.) to be squan dered.
নকল [ nakala ] n imitation; mimicry; a copy; a transcript, a reproduction; act of copy ing from another's answer-paper or script by adopting unfair means (as by an examinee). ☐ a. artificial, sham, imi tation (নকল হিরে); counterfeit (নকল টাকা); forged (নকল দলিল). নকল করা v. to imitate; to mimic; to copy; to make a copy of, to transcribe; (of an examinee) to copy from another's answer-paper or script by adopting unfair means; to forge. ̃নবিশ n. a scribe, a professional copyist or transcriber. ̃নবিশি n. profes sional copying or transcribing. ̃দানা ori. & now obs. form of নকুলদানা ।
নকশা [ nakaśā ] n a rough sketch, a sketch; a rough cast; a plan or design in outlines, a plan (বাড়ির নকশা); a diagram; an out line map, a map; an artistic design; an engraving; an embroidered design (পাড়ের নকশা); a literary burlesque, a skit. নকশা আঁকা, নকশা করা v. to draw a sketch or a plan or a map in outlines; to sketch or plan. ̃-আঁকা, ̃-কাটা, ̃দার a. having an artistic design (নকশা-আঁকা পাড়); having an engraving. ̃কার n. a draftsman. ̃পাড় a. having an artisti cally designed border (নকশাপাড় শাড়ি).
নকশাল [ nakaśāla ] n an armed revolutionary Marx ist movement which originated in Naxalbari in Darjeeling district; a per son who believes in such a movement or is a member of it.
নকশি [ nakaśi ] a having an artistic design (নকশিকাঁথা). ̃কাঁথা n. a quilt or rag with artistic design.
নকাশি [ nakāśi ] n carving; engraving; painting or designing on metal vessels.
নকিব [ nakiba ] n one who is employed to an nounce the glory of one's prince and the advent of a person to the prince's court, (cp.) an usher.
নকুল [ nakula ] n the mongoose, the ichneumon; Shiva (শিব).
নকুলদানা [ nakuladānā ] n a kind of white and roundish toffee or sweet drop.