نکي nakkī S̱. (from ناک Nose) s. f. Speaking through the nose, nasal sound.

نمين nam-īṅ P adj. Moist.

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

نحو naḥo A (Heb. ) s. f. Syntax (in gram- mar), way, path, tract, manner, mode.

نچنت ni-chint S̱. or nichant (निश्चिन्त) adj. Free from thought, anxiety, or care, unconcerned, careless, at leisure. نچنت هونا nichint honā, To be at leisure, to be disengaged, to have finished.

نقاد naḳḳād A (adj. superl. of نقد) s. m. A per- son whose business it is to examine money and ascertain its goodness; an adept, assayer. A. T. نقارچي naḳār-chī, s. m. One who beats the kettledrum. A. P. نقارخانه naḳār-ḵẖāna, The place at the porch of a palace where the drums are beaten at stated intervals.

نرلج निर्लज्ज निर् prep. and लज्जा Shame nir-lajj S. adj. Shameless, immodest.

ناصب nāṣib A (part. act. of نصب Heb. and Aram. ) adj. Erecting, fixing, placing.

نعم niʼaﻌm A s. plur. (of نعمت Heb. ) 1. Fa- vours, benefits. 2. Pleasure, comfort, affluence, ease or blessing (of life). ¶ نعم البدل niﻌma-l-badal, Blessings of the change, excellent the change! change for the better.

نزاده nazāda P or nizāda, See نژاد nizhād.