nirṇay mu/c (a) judgment: सही ~ right --; न्यायालय ने उसके पक्ष में ~ दिया the court gave/passed -- in his/her favour. (b) decision: अंतिम ~ final --; इसका ~ आप पर छोड़ं दिया गया the -- about this has been left to you; बहुमत का ~ -- of the majority. ~ करना/देना to decide, to judge: अध्यक्ष ने इसका ~ कर दिया the head decided it. (c) conclusion: मैं इस ~ पर पहुँचा हूँ कि... I have come to the -- that ....

nek·nāmī fu good name, reputation: राधे की सर्वत्र ~ थी Radhe had -- everywhere.

nikhar·nā vi to become bright/clear/crystallized: रंग निखरा the colour brightened up; ऊषा की लाली निखरी the redness of dawn became clear; गद्य का निखरा हुआ रूप crystalized form of prose.

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).

nirdhan·tā fu poverty: ग्रामीण लोगों की ~ -- of the village people. [syn. ग़रीबी]

nigāh fc (a) look, glance: ~ डालना to look; बुरी ~ से देखना to see with an evil eye; △ ~ उठाकर न देखना not to care to look; ये शब्द मेरी ~ से छूट गये these words slipped my vision; ~ चुराना not to be able to look one in the face; से निगाहें फेरना to give a cold shoulder to; ~ मिलाना to look a person full in the face; ~ न ठहरना to be dazzled. (b) watch, guard: पर ~ रखना to watch, to look after; ~ में रखना to keep under one's care. [also see नज़र, दृष्टि]

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

nashebāz mc drunkard, inebriate: दो ~ नाली में पड़े थे two --s were lying in a drain.

² nāth fc (a) nose-string; बैल की नाक में ~ डालना to put a -- into the bullock's nostrils. (b) nose- ring: सोने की ~ golden --.

nok-jhõk fc altercation: उनमें ~ हो गई an -- ensued between them; ~ करना to altercate.