nirantar I. a continuous, unceasing, incessant [अभ्यास practice, उन्‍नति progress, प्रवाह flow, प्रेम love, वर्षा rain]. II. adv continuously, incessantly: ~ खेलता रहता है goes on playing --; पानी ~ बरसता रहा it rained --. [syn. लगातार]

nirdesh mc 1. instruction: सिपाहियों को ~ दिये गये --s were given to the soldiers. [syn. हिदायत] 2. reference: पृष्ठसंख्या का ~ -- to the page number.

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].

nan·sāl, ननिहाल nanihāl f(m)u maternal grandfather's (house or family); वह ~ गया हुआ है he has gone to his --.

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).

nātedār mc relative, kinsman = रिश्तेदार q. v.

nibh·nā vi (a) to be carried out: आदेश (वचन, प्रतिज्ञा) ~ order (word, pledge) to be carried out. (b) to pull on: साथ ~ -- companionship; मेरी उससे नहीं निभती I cannot pull on with him/her.

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;]

nev·lā mc mongoose, weasel: नेवले और साँप का वैर (natural) enmity as between a -- and a snake.

nas·lī a racial: ~ भेदभाव -- discrimination.