نرجيو निर्जीव nir-jīw S adj. Lifeless, inanimate.

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

نہير nahiyar H s. f. Wifeʼs family.

نکهدا nikhdā H s. m. Perniciousness.

نکاره na-kāra P (نه for نا neg. pref. and کار Business) adj. Worthless, useless, invalid. See ناکاره nā-kāra.

نعيم naʼīﻌm A s. Pleasure, benefits, goods. جنت النعيم jannatu-n-naʼīﻌm (Garden of delight) one of the heavens (according to Muhammadans).

نرجه narja H s. m. Small scales.

نل नल nal S s. m. 1. A tube, spout, joint of bamboo or other hollow wood. 2. The bamboo which fowlers use to entangle game by applying birdlime to the top of it. نل چلانا nal-chalānā, Setting the bamboos in motion, denotes a ma- gical practice adopted for the discovery of theft. Two pieces of split bamboo, of equal lengths, are applied to one another side by side, and held by two men, one at each end. It is said that any persons taken at random may be em- ployed for this purpose. Then the magician pronounces certain incantations, the efficacy of which is pretended to be such, that the bam- boos spontaneously move towards the place where the thief or the stolen goods are, and drag the men along with them. نل در نل nal dar nal, One tube within another. 3. Name of a king, and hero of several poetical works fa- mous among the Hindūs.

نريس नरेश nares S s. m. A king, sovereign.

نسکپٿ niskapaṭ S̱. (निष्कपट from निर् prep. and कपट Fraud) adj. Without fraud or deceit; open, artless, sincere, honest.