نکهـ سکهـ nakh sikh S̱. From top to toe, or from the (toe) nails to the hair on the crown of the head.

نيندنا nīnd-nā S̱. (from نيند) v. n. To sleep.

نانکار nān-kār P. s. m. 1. An allowance of money or land to zamīndārs, ḳānūngos, &c. for sub- sistence. 2. Land granted to servants for their subsistence.

نار nār A (from نور Heb. ) s. f. 1. Fire, hell. 2. The mind.

نکهورا nikhorā H adj. (dakh.) Inhuman, un- polite (?): see بي مروت be-murūwat, under بي be.

نقش naḳsh A s. m. Painting, embroidering, print, impression, mark, engraving, carving, picture, drawing, delineation, map, portrait. نقش بند naḳsh-band, part. Creating, imagining; creator, imaginer, embroiderer, painter. نقش پا naḳsh-i-pā, Footstep. نقش ديوار naḳsh-i-dīwār, Thun- derstruck, confounded so as to appear like a picture on the wall. نقش کالحجر naḳsh ka-l-ḥajar, or more properly کالنقش في الحجر ka-n- naḳsh fi-l-ḥajar (lit. Like an engraving in stone) Indelible. نقش کرنا naḳsh-karnā, To imprint, impress, engrave, stamp. نقشا بندي naḳsh-ā- bandī, s. A sort of faḳīr. (Qanoon-e-islam).

نولا नवला navalā S or naulā, s. f. A young woman.

ناگ پهانس nāg-phāṅs नागपाश S̱. s. f. A noose used to seize an enemy in battle (re- sembling the arms of the Retiarii among the Roman gladiators), a noose of a rope.

نار nār H s. m. 1. A herd, drove. 2. Counsel, advice.

نمد namad P s. m. Felt, or a coarse woollen cloth formed without weaving, used in coverings for horses or in garments to keep off rain. 2. Membrum virile. نمد پوش namad-posh, Clothed in felt. نمد پوشي namad- posh-ī, s. f. The being clothed in felt, &c. نمد مو namad-mū, adj. Having hair like namad.