نکح nikaḥ A. s. (dakh.) Marriage (Harris): see نکاح nikāḥ.

نہاس nihās S̱. adj. (dakh.) See نراس nirās.

ناستک nāstik S (नास्तिक) s. m. An atheist, one who denies a future state of rewards and punishments.

ناگ नाग nāg S s. m. 1. A snake (Coluber naja) and a sort of demigod shaped as a ser- pent. ناگ بهاشا nāg-bhāsh̤ā, A Prākr̤it lan- guage said to be used by the serpentine race who inhabit Pātāl. ناگ پنچمي nāg-pancha- mī, Name of a Hindū holyday, the 5th of Srāwaṇ, sukl-paksh̤, on which day they worship a snake to procure blessings on their children. ناگ پاس (नागपाश) nāg-pās, or ناگ پهانس nāg-phāṅs, s. f. A running noose of a rope, &c. a sort of noose or knot, used in battle to entangle an enemy. ناگ کنيا nāg-kanyā, A race of females said to inhabit Pātāl, or the regions under the earth, and to be of serpentine extraction but very beautiful. ناگ لوک nāg- lok, The region under the earth, the abode of serpents and hydras, Pātāla. (Not being ac- cessible to the sun, it is illuminated by very

نشٿ नष्ट nash̤ṭ S adj. Lost, destroyed.

ناگپتني नागपत्नी nāg-patnī S s. f. A female serpent.

نيک nek H or naik or neku, A little, little.

نورا nūrā A. (prop. نورة) s. m. Depilatory.

ناقل nāḳil A (part. act. of نقل) s. m. A reporter, reciter, narrator, relater, delineator.

نوش nosh P 1. part. act. (from نوشيدن) in compos. A drinker; as, باده نوش bāda-nosh, A wine-drinker. 2. s. m. A drink, a draught (especially, of something sweet and pleasant). 3. A present. 4. A reward. 5. An antidote. نوش جان فرمانا nosh-i-jān farmānā or نوش فرمانا nosh farmānā or نوش جان کرنا nosh-i-jān karnā, To eat, to drink (applied to a king or nobleman). نوش کرنا nosh karnā, To drink, to eat, to devour, to swallow, to sup, to sip.