ن nūn The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic and twenty-ninth of the Persian alphabet, corre- sponds to न in Sanskrit. It is one of the dental letters, and has the sound of the English n, with the following exceptions. 1. When it is quiescent in the middle or end of a word, and follows a madda or simple long vowel, it has a very slight nasal sound; as, in زبون Bad, زمان Time, زمين The earth, ماندن To remain: this is called نون غنب nūn-i-g̠ẖunna. If, how- ever, the word at the end of which it occurs be so placed in composition that the ن become moveable by iẓāfat, it ceases to be nasal and resumes its original sound as a dental letter. 2. When it precedes ب or پ it has the sound of m; as, in منبر mimbar, A pulpit; سنپت

ناب nāb P adj. Pure, genuine.

ناب nāb A (from نيب) s. m. A canine tooth, a tusk, fang.

ناب nāb H s. (dakh.) Cornice, flutings (of a pillar), frieze, groove (Harris).

نابدان nābdān P. (for ناودان) s. m. A gutter.

نابر nābar H adj. (dakh.) Denying: see منکر munkir.

نابهـ नाभि nābhi S s. f. The navel.

ناتا nātā ज्ञातेय S̱. s. m. Relationship, kin, alliance.

ناتر nātar S̱. (नान्यतर or नान्यथा) adv. (If) not (then) otherwise, else.

ناتن nātin नप्त्री S̱. s. f. Granddaughter, daughterʼs daughter.

ناتها nāthā S̱. s. (dakh.) See ناتا nātā.

ناتهـ नाथ nāth S s. m. 1. A master, a husband, a lord. 2. Often used as an affix to the names of Jogīs; as, گورکهناتهـ gorakh-nāth. 3. s. f. The string in a bullockʼs nose. 4. A seton.

ناتهنا nāth-nā नाथन S̱. v. a. To bore a bullockʼs nose and put a string in it to guide him by.

ناتي nātī नाप्ता S̱. s. m. Grandson, daughterʼs son. ¶ (dakh. for नप्त्री) s. f. Granddaughter, daughterʼs daughter. S̱. P. ناتي دار nāte-dār (ज्ञातेय Relationship, and Pers. دار Having) adj. Akin; s. m. f. Relation, relative.

ناج nāj S̱. s. contract. of اناج anāj, q. v.