nirdhārit a prescribed, fixed [अवधि time-limit, कार्यक्रम programme, फ़ार्म form, लक्ष्य objective]; सीमा ~ करना to fix/ prescribe a limit. [syn. निश्चित, नियत]

nālā mc (a) stream, rivulet: पहाड़ी ~ a mountain --; एक छोटा-सा नाला सड़क के किनारे बहता था a small -- ran/flowed along the road. (b) gutter, drain: गंदा ~ dirty --; नाले के पार across the --. [dim. नाली]

nikal·vānā vt [caus. from निकालना] to get pulled out, to have taken out, to make one go out, etc. [see निकलना also].

nirjal a (a) waterless; चार दिन का ~ व्रत four days' vow of living without water; ~ स्थान -- place; ~ करना to dehydrate; to desiccate. (b) dry [खेती farming, धुलाई cleaning].

nī˜v fu foundation: पक्की ~ solid --; ~ डालना/रखना to lay the --; ~ का पत्थर -- -stone.

nibh·nā vi (a) to be carried out: आदेश (वचन, प्रतिज्ञा) ~ order (word, pledge) to be carried out. (b) to pull on: साथ ~ -- companionship; मेरी उससे नहीं निभती I cannot pull on with him/her.

nak·ṭā a and mc (a) noseless/snub-nosed (person). (b) (fig.) shameless (fellow); नकटी noseless or shameless woman. △ ~ जिये बुरे हवाल he that has ill name is half hanged.

nuqsa mc defect, flaw = [more general] दोष q. v.

nī˜bū mc lime = नींबू q. v.

nām-mātra ~ का nominal: ~ का प्रधान nominal head, figure head; ~ को only in name, nominally.