نربندهو निर्बंधु nir-bandhu S adj. Friendless, without relations.

نلج ni-lajja S̱. (निर्लज्ज) adj. Shameless, barefaced, bold, rude.

نچيت nichīt S̱. adj. (dakh.) See نچنت ni-chint.

نرتيکاري nrityakārī नृत्यकारिणी S̱. s. f. A female dancer.

نوچهاور nauchhāwar H s. m. A propitiatory of- fering, sacrifice, victim. See نچهاور nichhāwar.

نستارا nistār-ā S̱. s. m. 1. Definitive settlement, decision, decree, adjustment. 2. Blessing.

نفاست nafāsat A s. f. Exquisiteness, preciousness, choiceness.

نباه nibāh निर्वाह S̱. s. m. 1. Accomplish- ment, performance, sufficiency, supply, main- tenance. 2. Performing an engagement, keeping, guarding.

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

نادم nādim A (part. act. of ندم) adj. Bashful, penitent, repenting, abashed, ashamed.