nav·nirmāṇ mu reconstruction, new construction; देश का ~ -- of a country.

nagna a naked, bare = नंगा q. v. ~ सत्य naked truth; ~ नृत्य brazen performance, show of utter shamelessness.

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.

nikāha mc (Muslim) marriage; ~ करना to marry; ~ पढ़ाना to unite in marriage.

navīn·tā fu novelty, freshness; सिध्दांतों (खोज़, विचार) की ~ -- of theories (discovery, thought).

nāg-pañchamī fu Nag Panchmi, a festival for cobra-worship held in July-August.

nīrog a healthy [वातावरण climate, व्यक्‍ित person].

nirāī fu weeding: खेत की ~ -- a field. [v. निराना]

nishchint a (a) care-free: वह ~ हो गया he became --. (b) unconcerned: वह ~ बैठा था he sat --. (c) ~ रही ! rest assured. [syn. बेफ़िक्र]

nāpasand a not liked/ approved; मुझे यह मकान (बात, आदमी) ~ है I do not like this house (thing, man); उसने यह सलाह ~ कर दी he/she disapproved my advice.