ninān·ve [also निन्यानवे, and -be ending] ninety-nine: सौ में ~ प्रतिशत ninety-nine per cent; सन् अठारह सौ ~ में in the year eighteen hundred and ninety nine; △ ~ के चक्कर में पड़ना to be crazy about increasing bank balance.

nirjan a uninhabited, deserted [वन forest, स्थान place].

nib·ṭānā vt = निपटाना

nas fc [indiscriminately used for] nerve, vein; नसें तन गईं nerves were strung; नसें ढीली हो गई was unnerved/demoralized; △ ~ -नस में शरारत mischief in every nerve; ~ नस फड़क उठती है a man is inspired to do a heroic deed.

nok·dār a (sharp-) pointed = नुकीला q. v.

nirvāh mu (a) subsistence: (जीवन) ~ के साधन means of --; मछली मारकर ~ करना to derive one's -- from fishing; फलों पर ~ करना to subsist on fruits; ~ भत्ता living/maintenance allowance; ~ वेतन living wage. (b) maintenance: प्रितज्ञा (प्रीति, संबंध) का ~ -- of vow (love, relationship). (c) कर्त्तव्य का ~ discharge of duty; कार्य का ~ accomplishment of work; मेरा उससे ~ नहीं हो सकता I cannot get/pull on with him/her.

nissantān a issueless, without progeny: ~ माता-पिता -- parents; वह ~ मर गया he died --.

nāsam·jhī fu lack of intelligence: ~ में due to --; कुछ ~ हो गई हैं there has been some --. [syn. नादानी, मूर्खता; and. समझ]

navāb mc (a) Nawab, title of Muslim noble men and rulers; लखनऊ के ~ Nawabs of Lucknow; अकबरी दरबार के ~ Nawabs in the court of Akbar. (b) (sat.) dandy बड़े ~ बने फिरते हैं he poses as a dandy/Nawab.

nīat fu intention = नीयत q. v.