نمک namak P s. m. (dakh. nimak) 1. Salt. 2. (met.) Spirit, animation. 3. Bread, subsist- ence. نمک بند namak-band, adj. Stopped or bound up with salt (a wound). نمکچشي na- mak-chashī, The first feeding of a child about six months of age, which is attended with cer- tain ceremonies. (in dakh.) A ceremony of sending trays of food from the bridegroom to the bride, and the contrary, before marriage. نمک حرام namak-ḥarām, Disloyal, wicked, evil, disobedient, perfidious, traitor, ungrateful. نمک حرامي namak-ḥarām-ī, s. f. Perfidy, trea- son, treachery, disloyalty, ingratitude. نمک حلال namak-ḥalāl, Loyal, submissive, faithful, grateful. نمک حلالي namak-ḥalāl-ī, s. f. Fi- delity, loyalty, gratitude. نمک خوار namak- ḵẖẉār, A servant, dependant. نمکدان namak- dān, A saltcellar. نمکسار namaksār, Saline, a salt-pit. نمک کا کنکره حرام هونا namak kā kankra ḥarām honā (dakh. met. for فاقه رهنا) To continue in a fast or fasting, to keep a fast(?). کٿي پر نمک لگانا kaṭe par namak lagānā (lit. to put salt upon a wound) To add one grief or vexation to another.

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

نس nas A. (corrupt. from نسا) s. f. 1. A vein. 2. A sinew.

نحس naḥs A (Heb. and Aram. ) 1. adj. Un- lucky, bad, inauspicious. 2. s. Unlucky planet.

نقاري naḳār-ī A. s. m. One who beats the kettle- drum.

نقليات naḳliyāt A. s. plur. Stories, tales.

ننانوي ninānawe नवनवति S̱. adj. Ninety nine. ننانوي کي پهير مين پڙنا ninānawe ke pher meṅ paṛnā, 1. To be entirely absorbed in the acquisition of wealth. 2. To be involved in difficulties.

نفوذ nufūẕ A (from نفذ) s. m. Penetrating, piercing, pervading.

نرکٿ narkaṭ नलकांड S̱. s. m. A reed of which mats are made. (Arundo tibialis: Roxb.).

نظم naz̤m A s. f. 1. Poetry, verse. 2. Order, arrangement. 3. A string. نظم ونسق naz̤m-o-nasaḳ, Order and arrangement.