نکا nakkā H s. m. The ace at cards, or on dice. نکا دوا nakkā dūā, A kind of game at dice.

نصيحت naṣīḥat A (from نصخ Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. Advice, counsel, admonition, precept. نصيحت کرنا يا دينا naṣīhat-karnā, or -denā, To advise, counsel, admonish, exhort; (met.) to reprove, to reprimand, to chastise. نصيحت گر naṣīḥat-gar, or نصيحت گو naṣīḥat-go, An ad- viser, counsellor, admonisher.

نومين naumīṅ नवमी S̱. s. f. Ninth day of a lunar fortnight.

نقيب naḳīb A (from نقب Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. 1. A chief, a leader. 2. An intelligent person. 3. A servant whose business it is to proclaim the titles of his master, and to intro- duce those who pay their respects to him. 4. An adjutant or aide de camp.

نکند ni-kand S̱. (from निर् prep. and कंद Root) adj. Rooted up, extirpated.

نوح nūḥ Heb. n. prop. Noah. (Erroneously stated by Musalmān authors to be so called from his lamentations on account of the obsti- nacy of mankind who rejected his admonitions; but, really from Heb. To rest, to be com- forted or freed from pain. Gen. V. 29.).

نکار नकार nakār S (Arab. انکار inkār) s. m. Refusal, denial.

نير niyar निकट S̱. adv. Near.

نياو nyāw न्याय S̱. s. m. Justice, equity, right, decision. نياوکرنا nyāw karnā, To judge, to administer justice, to decide.

نايکا नायिका nāyikā S (or nāyakā) s. f. 1. Female of nāyak; a damsel, a lass. 2. The mistress of a house, particularly (now) of a brothel; a bawd.