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.

nām-mātra ~ का nominal: ~ का प्रधान nominal head, figure head; ~ को only in name, nominally.

nāg·rik·tā fu citizenship: किसी की ~ से वंचित करना to deprive one of --.

nidhi fc (a) fund [आरक्षित reserve, उधार borrowed, निजी private, सामान्य general, स्थानीय local, स्थायी permanent]; बैंक की ~ bank fund [syn. फंड]. (b) treasure [as in] गुणनिधी a treasure- house of virtues; दयानिधी a treasure-house of mercy; जलनिधी a -- of water, sea; भूमि में गड़ी हुई ~ -- trove, buried -- [syn. कोष]; नौ निधियाँ nine jewels of Kuber. [also see नवरत्न]

nazar·band a interned; कई नेता ~ थे several leaders were --; ~ क़ैदी internee, detinue; किसी को ~ करना to intern a person.

niyamit·ta fu regularity: कार्य की ~ -- of work; ~पूर्वक regularly, with regularity. [a नियमित, ant. अनियमितता]

nāth·nā vt (a) to put a nose-string: बैल को ~ -- into a bullock's nostril. (b) (fig.) to bring under control पत्नी ने पति को नाथ रखा है the wife has kept her husband under control.

nāp·nā vt to measure: गहराई (लंबाई, छाती, पकड़ा) ~ -- depth (length, chest, cloth); फ़ीते या मीटर से ~ -- with a tape or meter-stick. △ अपना रस्ता नापो go your own way; सिर ~ to behead.

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

nāī [in the east नाऊ] mc barber, hairdresser: ~ का उस्तरा और आईना --'s razor and mirror; ~ की दुकान --'s shop/saloon, [fem. नाइन, नाउन]