The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nanandar (f.) [Sk. nan!nd% & nan!nd!, to nan! "mother"] husband's sister J v.269 (=s!mikassa bhagin" p.
275).
Nanik!ma
Nanik!ma (adj.) [na+nik!ma=anik!ma] disagreeable, unpleasant Dh 309 (˚seyy! an uncomfortable bed).
Nanu
Nanu (indecl.) [Ved. nanu] 1. part. of affirmation (cp. na1): surely, certainly Pv ii.67 (so to be read for
nanda? v. l. BB nuna); Manor. P(r. on A v.194 (Andersen P. R. 91). -- 2. part. of interrogation (=Lat.
nonne) "is it not" (cp. na2): J i.151; iii.393; DhA i.33.
Nantaka
Nantaka (nt.) [a contamination of namataka (Kern, Toev. p. 169), maybe Sk. naktaka "cover for nakedness"
(Trenckner, Notes 811), unless it be non -- Aryan] a shred, rag, worn -- out cloth, usually expld by
ji**apilotika (J iii.22) or kha*.abh(t! pilotik! (PvA 185) or pilotika only (VvA 311). -- S v.342; A iii.187;
iv.376 (˚v!sin as v. l.; text has nantikav!sin); Vv 807 (anantaka); Pv iii.214; J iii.22 (˚v!sin clad in rags).
Nanda
Nanda at Pv ii.67 used either as interj. (=nanu, q. v.) or as voc. in the sense of "dear"; the first expln to be
preferred & n. probably to be read as nanu (v. l. nuna) or handa (in which case nanu would be gloss).
Nandaka
Nandaka (adj.) [Sk. nandik!] giving pleasure, pleasing, full of joy; f. nandik! J iv.396 (+khi..!), either as
adj. or f. abstr. pleasure, rejoicing (= abhindandan! Com.).
Nandati
Nandati [Ved. nandati, nand=nad (cp. vind>vid etc.) orig. to utter sounds of joy] to be glad, to rejoice, find
delight in, be proud of (c. instr.) S i.110; A iv.94 sq.; Sn 33; Dh 18. -- Caus. nandeti to please, to do a
favour J iv.107 (nandaya=tosehi Com.); PvA 139 (=toseti). -- ppr. nandayanto J vi.588. -- Cp. !nandati.
Nandan!
Nandan! (f.) [Sk. nandan!] rejoicing, delight, pleasure S i.6=Sn 33.
Nandi
Nandi1 & (freq.) Nand" (f.) [Sk. nandi, but cp. BSk. nand" Divy 37] 1. joy, enjoyment, pleasure, delight in
(c. loc.) S i.16, 39, 54; ii.101 sq. (!h!re); iii.14 (=up!d!na); iv.36 sq.; A ii.10 (k!ma˚, bhava˚, di&&hi˚),
iii.246; iv.423 sq. (dhamma˚); Sn 1055 (+nivesana); Nd2 330 (=ta*h!); Pug 57; Dhs 1059#(in def. of
ta*h!); Vbh 145, 356, 361; DhsA 363; ThA 65, 167. -- For nand" at Miln 289 read tand". -- 2. a musical
instrument: joy -- drum [Sk. nand"] Vin iii.108 (= vijayabheri). Cp. !˚. -- (y)!vatta "turning auspiciously" (i.
e. turning to the right: see dakkhi*!vatta), auspicious, good Nett 2, 4, 7, 113 (always attr. of naya); --
ûpasecana (r!gasalla) sprinkled over with joy, having joy as its sauce Nett 116, 117; cp. ma'sûpasecana
(odana) J iii.144=vi.24; -- kkhaya the destruction of (finding) delight S iii.51; -- (')jaha giving up or
abandoning joy Sn 1101 (+okañjaha & kappañjaha); Nd2 331; -- bhava existence of joy, being full of joy,
in ˚parikkh"*a one in whom joy is extinct (i. e. an Arahant), expld however by Com. as one who has rid