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.

نہنگ nihang P (prop. nahang) s. m. 1. A cro- codile, alligator, or shark. 2. A water dragon or other similar monster. (met.) A pen.

نقاهت naḳāhat A (from نقه) s. f. 1. Recovering from disease, convalescence. 2. Imbecility, feebleness, languidness, languor.

نواونا niwāwnā S̱. v. a. See نوانا nawānā.

نہتها ni-hatthā S̱. (नि for निर् prep. and हस्त Hand) adj. Unarmed.

ناب nāb P adj. Pure, genuine.

نانا नाना nānā S adj. Various, many.

نہرنا nihurnā H or نہڙنا nihuṛnā, v. n. To condescend,

نيي پنج naye panj P. s. m. A horse under five years old.

نوانوي nau-ā-nawe S̱. adj. (dakh.) Ninety nine: see ننانوي ninānawe.