² navasī fc daughter's daughter, grand-daughter. [syn., दोहती, नातिन]

nīṛ mc nest = घोंसला q. v. △ ~ का पंछी home sick.

nar·mī fu (a) softness: रेशम की ~ -- of silk. (b) leniency: मालिक की ~ -- of the master. ~ से leniently, mildly.

nigāh fc (a) look, glance: ~ डालना to look; बुरी ~ से देखना to see with an evil eye; △ ~ उठाकर न देखना not to care to look; ये शब्द मेरी ~ से छूट गये these words slipped my vision; ~ चुराना not to be able to look one in the face; से निगाहें फेरना to give a cold shoulder to; ~ मिलाना to look a person full in the face; ~ न ठहरना to be dazzled. (b) watch, guard: पर ~ रखना to watch, to look after; ~ में रखना to keep under one's care. [also see नज़र, दृष्टि]

nirdhan·tā fu poverty: ग्रामीण लोगों की ~ -- of the village people. [syn. ग़रीबी]

ne agentive termination [used with a subject governed by a transitive verb in past tense] आशा ने फल खाया Asha ate a fruit; उसने कबूतर मारा he/she killed a pigeon; मैंने कहा I said; मैंने कहा है I have said; मैंनें कहा था I had said; मैंने कहा होगा I might have said.

nashā 1. mu intoxication: किसी को ~ चढ़ता है त्र्पौर उतरता है one becomes intoxicated and recovers his senses, वह नशे में है he is drunk/intoxicated; वह नशे में चूर है he is dead drunk. 2. mc intoxicant, intoxicating drug: ~ खाना/ लेना to take an --; ~ करना to be addicted to an --. [also ~ -पानी].

nāth·nā vt (a) to put a nose-string: बैल को ~ -- into a bullock's nostril. (b) (fig.) to bring under control पत्नी ने पति को नाथ रखा है the wife has kept her husband under control.

nichān fu lower place: पानी ~ की ओर बहता है water flows downwards (to a --). [from नीचा]

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