namak-mircha mu salt and pepper. △ ~ मिलाना/लगाना to impart a flavour, to colour highly, to exaggerate.

niṣphal a abortive, ineffective [परिश्रम labour, प्रयत्न attempt, योजना scheme]; सारी कार्यवाही ~ गई the entire action has gone in vain. [syn. बेकार]

nivritta a retired: सेवा से ~ हो गये हैं have -- from service.

nirmal a clean [जल water, हृदय heart, चरित्र character].

namī fu (a) moisture: ज़मीन में ~ हैं there is -- in the ground; (b) humidity: मौसम में ~ है there is -- in the climate. [syn. तरी]

nachānā vt [caus. of नाचना] (a) to make one dance; बंदर ~ to make a monkey dance; रंडी ~ to engage a prostitute to dance; किसी को (नाच) ~ to make a person dance to one's tune, to cause to move or act at will, to harass. (b) कोई चीज़ ~ to spin smth; आँखें ~ to move the pupils of eyes.

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

nishānābāz mc marks- man: वह बड़ा होशियार ~ है he is an expert --/shot.

noṭ·buk fc note-book: मेरी जेब में ~ है there is a -- in my pocket.

nā emphasizer तुम जाओगे ~ you will go, will you not ? [see न]