namratā fu humility, meekness; व्यवहार में ~ -- in behaviour; ~ पूर्वक बोलना to speak humbly.

nāstik a and mc heretic (person), atheist: ~ विचार atheistic ideas; ~ और भौतिकवादी atheistic and materialistic, atheist and materialist; साम्यवादी आयः ~

nāp fu (a) measurement: कमरे की ~ -- of a room; यह थान ~ में ३० मीटर है this cloth is 30 meters by --; ~ लेना to take --s. (b) measure [किम short, पूरी full] लंबाई की ~ -- of length. ~ करना to measure = नापना. [cf. माप]

nirvāh mu (a) subsistence: (जीवन) ~ के साधन means of --; मछली मारकर ~ करना to derive one's -- from fishing; फलों पर ~ करना to subsist on fruits; ~ भत्ता living/maintenance allowance; ~ वेतन living wage. (b) maintenance: प्रितज्ञा (प्रीति, संबंध) का ~ -- of vow (love, relationship). (c) कर्त्तव्य का ~ discharge of duty; कार्य का ~ accomplishment of work; मेरा उससे ~ नहीं हो सकता I cannot get/pull on with him/her.

nandoī mc husband of one's husband's sister = ननदोई. [masc. from ननद]

naī a new = नयी q. v.

nirāshā fu disappointment [पूरी complete, बड़ी great]; उसे बड़ी ~ हुई it was a great -- to him/her; परीक्षा-फल से मुझे ~ हुई the examination result was a -- to me. [syn. मायूसी]

nipaṭ·nā vi (a) to be finished. to be disposed of: काम निपट गया the work was done. (b) to be relieved: मैं ड्यूटी से निपट गया I was relieved from duty. (c) to be settled: झगड़ा निपट गया the dispute was settled. (d) हम उससे निपट लेंगे we shall settle score with him/her.

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

nav mī fu/c ninth day of a lunar month; ~ का व्रत fast in connection with the --; राम ~ brithday of Rama falling on the 9th day of Chaitra (March-April).