آب نقره āb-i-nuḳra P Quicksilver, silver reduced by any menstruum to a liquid state.

تنخنخ tanaḵẖnuḵẖ A (inf. ii. of نخنخ) s. m. Clearing the throat, hemming, hawking.

نحوست nuḥūsat A (from نحس) s. f. Bad pre- sage, ominousness, portent, abomination, mis- fortune, evil.

نخود nuḵẖụd P s. m. A kind of pulse. (Cicer arietinum). نخود آب nuḵẖụd-āb, A kind of food given after physick has been taken: it consists of pulse and meat boiled together for a long time.

نقره nuḳra A (from نقر Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. 1. Silver. 2. A white colour (in horses).

نقرﺉ nuḳra-ī A. adj. Made of silver, silver; white (in colour, a horse).

نقصان nuḳṣān A (from نقص) s. m. Loss, defect, deficiency, detriment, injury, damage, blemish, prejudice, mischief. A. H. نقصاني nuḳṣān-ī, adj. Detrimental, prejudi- cial (Harris).

نقط nuḳat̤ A s. plur. (of نقطه) Drops, spots: يک نقط yak nuḳt̤, however, occurs for one drop.

نقطه nuḳt̤a A s. m. 1. A point, a dot, a spot, a stain, a vowel. 2. A geometrical point, centre

نقوش nuḳūsh A s. plur. (of نقش naḳsh) Paintings, engravings.