nakkū a (a) long-nosed [आदमी person]. (b). (fig.) low, degraded; ~ बनाना to humiliate, to make a but for accusing fingers. (c) non-conforming: बड़े ~ बनते थे he posed as a non-conformist.

nāūk·rī fc (a) service [सरकारी government, फ़ौजी/सैनिक military]; ~ से निकालना/हटाना to remove from --; ~ करना to serve, to do service; ~ छोड़ना to give up --; ~ पाना to secure a --/job; ~ देना to employ. △ ~ एरंड की जड़ है -- is no inheritance.

nijī a personal, private [उद्योग enterprise आय income, पत्र letter, मत opinion, मित्र friend, समस्या problem, सामान luggage]; ~ क्षेत्र (बातचीत, जीवन, मोहर, संपत्ति, काम) private sector (negotiations, life, seal, property, business); ~ तौर पर (रूप से) personally, privately.

nibaṭ·nā vi = निपटना

nikaṭ·tam a nearest, immediate: मेरे ~ संबंधी my -- relatives; ~ स्थान -- place.

niṣkapaṭ a guileless, unwily = निश्छल q. v.

naṣṭa a (a) destroyed, ruined: भूचाल से सारा नगर ~ हो गया the whole city was -- by the earthquake; जाति ~ हो गई the nation perished; स्वास्थ ~ करना to undermine one's health; काग़ज़ (मक़ान, शत्रु को) ~ करना to destroy papers (house, enemy). (b) wasted: मेरा जीवन ~ हुआ my life was wasted; ~ करना to waste: रुपया (समय, परिश्रम) ~ करना to waste money (time, labour).

namak-halāl a faithful, loyal, grateful [ant. नमक- हराम]

nagarīya a urban [जनसंख्या population, जीवन life, भूमि land, संपत्ति property]. [syn. शहरी]

nākebandī fu blockade; शहर की ~ -of a town; ~ उठाना to raise the --; ~ तोड़ना to break the --, to pass through a blockaded place.