nikammā a 1. idle: आजकल वह ~ है he is -- these days. 2. worthless; good-for-nothing, useless: ~ आदमी -- fellow; निकम्मी पढ़ाई -- education; ~ करना to render useless. [syn. बेकार]

nāch mu/c dance [भारतीय Indian, नंगा naked]; ~ का कार्यक्रम -- programme; ~ गाना -- and music; ~ रंग dancing entertainment, merry-making; ~ करना to dance [नाचना]; ~ दिखाना to give a -- pertormance; ~ नचाना to make smb -- to one's tune. △ ~ न जाने आँगन टेढ़ा a bad workman quarrels with his tools.

nafāḵẖorī fu profiteering: ~ एक सामाजिक अपराध है -- is a social crime. [from नफ़ा profit

nashvar a perishable [पदार्थ objects, फल fruits, प्राणी beings, संसार world]. [from नाश]

naqad I. mu ready money, cash: तुमने कितना ~ दिया how much -- did you pay. II. a cash [जमा deposit, ज़मानत security, बिक्री sale, रक़म/रुपया money, लेन-देन transaction]. [also नक़दी fu]

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;]

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

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.

nirjīv a (a) lifeless, inanimate: ~ पदार्थ -- objects. (b) (fig.) lifeless [कहानी story, शैली style]. [syn. बेजान]

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