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নলিন [ nalina ] n the lotus, the lily. নলিনাক্ষ a. lo tus-eyed. নলিনী n. fem. lotuses or lilies collectively; a clump or bed of the lo tus 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.

নলেন [ nalēna ] a prepared from new date-juice (নলেন গুড়).

নশ্বর [ naśbara ] a perishable; mortal; transitory, transient; frail. নশ্বরতা n. perishability; mortality; transitoriness, transience; frailty.

নসিব [ nasiba ] n fate, luck; fortune, destiny. নসিবের দোষ ill-luck. নসিবের দোষে adv. through ill-luck, as ill-luck would have it.

নস্যাত্ [ nasyāt ] a. & adv thoroughly neglected or rejected or flouted; rendered thor oughly ineffective or null and void.

নহর [ nahara ] n a channel or canal; a drain.

না1 [ 1 ] pfx indicating: negation, absence, opposition etc. নামঞ্জুর.

না2 [ 2 ] n a boat; a canoe, a dug-out.

না3 [ 3 ] adv 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(না ধর্মী). না রাম না গঙ্গা (fig.) neither fish nor fowl.

নাই2 [ nāi2 ] n (rare) a barber.