niyat a prescribed, fixed; ~ कार्य -- /allotted task, assignment; ~ माप -- measure; ~ तिथि -- /due date; ~ समय पर at the -- /appointed time; ~ करना to fix: दिन ~ करना fix a day; किसी को काम पर ~ करना to appoint smb to work.

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.

nav·ratna m pl (a) nine jewels (pearl, diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, coral, cat's eye, quartz, agate). (b) nine jewels (preeminent personages) in a king's court.

nīch a mean, low [आदमी fellow, प्रकृति nature, कुल family, व्यवहार treatment]. [syn. कमीना, ओछा]

nāstik a and mc heretic (person), atheist: ~ विचार atheistic ideas; ~ और भौतिकवादी atheistic and materialistic, atheist and materialist; साम्यवादी आयः ~

nāūkar mc servant [नया new पुराना old, सरकारी government, निजी personal]; हमारा ~ खाना बनाता है our -- cooks food; ~ रखना to employ (a servant); साहब ने मुझे ~ रख लिया the boss took me in his employment. [syn. सेवक] [fem. नौकरानी;]

nau-senā fc navy: वह ~ में भर्ती हो गया he was recruited in the --; ~ दिवस -- day.

nirādhār a baseless, unfounded, groundless [आपत्ति

nikriṣṭa a base, low [भाव sentiments, विचार ideas, व्यक्‍ित person].

numāish fc exhibition; कपड़ो (टिकटों, किताबों) की ~ -- of clothes (stamps, books); ~ लगाना to hold an --. [syn. प्रदर्शनी]