نکچهکني nak-chhiknī छिक्कनी S̱. s. f. Name of a sternutatory plant.

نواز nawāz P part. act. (from نواختن) in compos. Cherishing, cherisher, caressing, soothing, playing on musick; a musician, player on musick. ¶ nawāz, s. m. See نوازش nawāzish.

نلجا ni-lajjā S̱. (निर्लज्ज) adj. Shameless, barefaced, bold, rude.

نظام niz̤ām A (from نظم) s. m. 1. Order, dispo- sition, arrangement. 2. Custom, habit. 3. A string of pearls. 4. A composer, arranger. 5. Basis. ¶ (dakh.) A chief governour (Harris).

نيلکنٿهہ नीलकंठ nīl-kanṭh S s. m. 1. Name of a bird. (Coracias bengalensis). 2. A name of Mahādeva. (He is called by this name because his throat was stained blue by swallowing the poison produced by over-churning the ocean, with the mountain Mandara, by the Surs and Asurs, to procure the amr̤ita). 3. A peacock. 4. Name of a plant. (Hyperanthera mo- runga).

نرکس narkas H s. m. The windpipe.

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

نبوي nabawī A adj. Of the prophet, prophetical.

نزله nazla A (from نزل Heb. and Aram. To flow; as Catarrh from katar)r(e/w) s. m. A de- fluxion of humours, rheum, a catarrh.

نوساگر nausāgar S̱. s. (dakh.) See نوسادر nausā- dar. (Harris).