نرسنگا nar-singā नलशृंग S̱. s. m. A horn (mu- sical), a wind instrument. S. نرسنگهـ नरसिंह or नृसिंह nar-singh or nr̤i- singh, s. m. The name of the fourth Avatār or incarnation of Vish̤ṇu, which happened in the Satya-yuga, upon the following occasion. Hiranya-kasipu, an impious prince, was en- raged at his son Prahlād for worshipping the Almighty, and tried every means of destroying him, by poison, by throwing him into fire, into the ocean, &c. yet Prahlād lived. "If your God is present every where," says Hiranya- kasipu, "let him come from an alabaster pil- lar;" on which Nar-singha appeared, with the lower part of a man and the upper of a lion,

نساج nassāj A (adj. superl. of نسج) s. m. A weaver.

نرمه گوش narma-i-gosh P s. The lobe of the ear.

نمکين namkīn P (from نمک) adj. 1. Salt, saline, brackish. 2. Witty, poignant, sarcastick, ani- mated (as, language, &c.). 3. Handsome, beautiful. نمکين پاني namkīn pānī, Brine, pickle. P. S̱. نمکين namkīn (from نمک and Sans. निंबुकी) s. f. Pickled lemons.

نوگري naugarī S̱. s. f. An ornament for females worn on the wrist.

نسنگ nisang S̱. adj. See نسنک nisank.

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.

نندت निंदित nindit S adj. Blamed.

نيمي nem-ī नियमी S̱. adj. Conscientious, ab- stemious, continent, chaste.

نٿهڙتا niṭhuṛ-tā S̱. (निष्ठुरता) s. f. Cruelty, obduracy.