نيکا nīkā P. (in Braj nīkau) adj. Good, beauti- ful, elegant; well. نيکوخدمتي nīko-ḵẖidmat-ī, Goodness of ser- vice. نيکوکار neko-kār, Of good actions, a be- neficent person, benefactor. نيکوکاري neko- kār-ī, s. f. Beneficence, doing good.

نربنس nir-bans S (निर्बंश) adj. 1. Childless, without offspring. 2. Extinct (as a race or family).

نرگسي nargis-ī P 1. adj. Like or of the Nar- cissus. 2. s. m. A kind of garment, a sort of food.

نامور nām-war P adj. Celebrated, renowned.

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.

نکو nakkū H adj. Infamous. ¶ nako, adv. (dakh.) Not, do not, must not.

نرمي narm-ī P s. f. Softness, tenderness, smoothness, mildness, delicacy, easiness, fluency.

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.

ننگلنا ningalnā S̱. v. a. (dakh.) See نگلنا nigalnā.

نيپال नेपाल nepāl S n. prop. Name of a country.