narman n. [ nF-manin ] 1 Sport, amusement, diversion, merriment, pleasure, amorous pastime or sport; jitakamale vimale parikarmaya narmajanakamalakaM muKe Gīt. 12 ( kOtukajanaka ); R. 19. 28. 2 Jest, joke, humour, wit; narBaprAyABiH kaTABiH K. 70 ‘jocular, humorous’. Comp. — kIlaH a husband. — garBa a. humorous, full of humour, witty. — (rBaH) a secret lover. — da a. delighting, making happy. — (daH) a jester (= narmasaciva q. v. ). — dA N. of a river which rises in the Vindhya mountain, and falls into the gulf of Cambay. — dyuti a. bright with joy, cheerful, merry. ( — tiH f. ) enjoyment of a joke. — sacivaH, -suhfd m. ‘a pleasure-companion’, an associate of the amusements of a prince or a man of rank; idaM tvEdaMparyaM yaduta ( pb ) nfpaternarmasacivaH sutAdAnAnmitraM Bavatu Māl. 2. 7 ; tAM yAcate narapaternarmasuhfnnaMdano nfpamuKena 1. 11 ; Śi. 1. 59.