The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

n!makara*a&&hena n!ma&&hena namana&&hena ca n!ma' ruppana&&hena r(pa'. Cp. D i.223; ii.32, 34, 56, 62;
S i.12 (ta*h! nr(pe), 23 (n -- r(pasmi' asajjam!na); ii.3, 4, 66 (nr(passa avakkanti), 101 sq. (id.); M i.53; A
i.83, 176; iii.400; iv.385 (˚!ramma*a); v.51, 56; Sn 355, 537, 756, 909; Dh 367; It 35; Ps i.193; ii.72, 112
sq.; Vbh 294; Nett 15 sq., 28, 69; Miln 46. N!ma+r(pa form an elementary pair D iii.212; Kh iv. Also in
the Pa&icca -- samupp!da (q. v.), where it is said to be caused (conditioned) by viññ!*a & to cause
sa)!yatana (the 6 senses), D ii.34; Vin i.1 sq.; S ii.6 sq.; Sn 872 (n!mañ ca r(pañca pa&icca phass!; see in
detail expld at Nd1 276). Synonymous with n!mar(pa is n!mak!ya: Sn 1074; Nd2 338; Ps i.183; Nett 27,
41, 69, 77. In this connection to be mentioned are var. definitions of n!ma as the principle or
distinguishing mark ("label") of the individual, given by Coms, e. g. Nd1 109, 127; KhA 78; with which cp.
Bdhgh's speculation concerning the connotation of n!ma mentioned by Mrs. Rh. D. at Dhs. trsl. p. 341. -- 3.
Use of Cases. Instr. n!mena by name PvA 1 (Petavatth( ti n.); Mhvs vii.32 (Sir"savatthu n.). -- acc. n!ma
(the older form, cp. Sk. n!ma) by name S i.33, 235 (Anoma˚); Sn 153, 177; J i.59 (ko n!m' esa "who by
name is this one"=what is his name), 149 (n!mena Nigrodhamigar!j! n.), 203 (ki'saddo n!ma esa); ii.4;
iii.187; vi.364 (k! n!ma tva'). See also eva'n!ma, kinn!ma; & cp. the foll. -- 4. n!ma (acc.) as adv. is used
as emphatic particle=just, indeed, for sure, certainly J i.222; ii.133, 160, 326; iii.90; PvA 6, 13, 63 etc.
Therefore freq. in exclamation & exhortation ("please," certainly) J vi.367; DhA iii.171; PvA 29 (n. detha
do give); in combn with interr. pron.=now, then J i.221 (ki' n.), 266 (katha' n.); iii.55 (ki'); Kh iv. (eka' n.
ki'); with neg.=not at all, certainly not J i.222; ii.352; iii.126 etc. -- Often further emphasised or
emphasising other part.; e. g. pi (=api) n!ma really, just so Vin i.16 (seyyath! p. n.); Sn p. 15 (id.); VvA 22
(read n!ma k!ro); PvA 76; app' (=api) eva n. thus indeed, forsooth Vin i.16; It 89=M i.460; J i.168; Pv ii.26
(=api n!ma PvA 80); eva n!ma in truth PvA 2; n!ma t!va certainly DhA i.392, etc. -- kamma giving a
name, naming, denomination Dhs 1306; Bdhd 83; -- kara*a name -- giving, "christening" DhA ii.87; --
gaha*a receiving a name, "being christened" J i.262 (˚divasa) -- gotta ancestry, lineage S i.43 (˚' na j"rati);
Sn 648, Nd2 385 (m!t!pettika' n.); -- dheyya assigning a name, name -- giving J iii.305; iv.449; v.496; Dhs
1306. -- pada see pada. -- matta a mere name Miln 25.
N!maka
N!maka (adj.) [fr. n!ma] 1. ( -- ˚) by name S ii.282 (Thera˚); PvA 67, 96 (ka*ha˚). -- 2. consisting of a mere
name, i. e. mere talk, nonsense, ridiculous D i.240.
N!meti
N!meti at Sn 1143 (Fsb.) is to be read as nâpenti. Otherwise see under namati.
N!yaka
N!yaka [BSk. n!yaka (cp. an!yaka without guide Av- i.210); fr. neti; cp. naya] a leader, guide, lord,
mostly as Ep. of the Buddha (loka˚ "Lord of the World") Sn 991 (loka˚); Mhvs vii.1 (id.); Sdhp 491
(tilokassa); bala -- n!yak! gang leaders J i.103.
N!r!ca
N!r!ca [Sk. n!r!ca; perhaps for *n!.!ca & conn. with n!l"ka, a kind of arrow, to n!)a] an iron weapon, an
arrow or javelin M i.429; J iii.322; Miln 105, 244, 418. -- valaya an iron ring or collar (?) Mhvs vii.20
(Com. "va&&ita -- assan!r!ca -- pasa"=a noose formed by bending the ends of the n. into a circle).
N!r"
N!r" (f.) [Sk. n!r" to nara man, orig. "the one belonging to the man"] woman, wife, female Sn 301, 836; Dh
284; J i.60; iii.395; iv.396 (˚ga*a); Vv 61, 4416; Pv i.91 (=itthi PvA 44). pl. nariyo (Sn 299, 304, 703), &
n!riyo (Sn 703 v. l. BB; Pv ii.952). Combd with nara as naran!r", male & female (angels), e. g. Vv 538; Pv
ii.112 (see nara).