نير naiyir A (from نور) s. m. 1. The sun. 2. The moon. نيراعظم naiyir-i-aﻌz̤am, The greater lu- minary, the sun. نيرين naiyirain, dual, The sun and moon.

نولکا nau-lakhā S̱. adj. Of or with nine lākh or nine hundred thousand.

ناپت नापित nāpit S s. m. A barber, a shaver, a surgeon.

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

نہاٴي nihāʼī H s. f. An anvil.

نويسنده navīsanda P (part. act. of نوشتن) s. m. A writer, a clerk, accountant.

نمک namak P s. m. (dakh. nimak) 1. Salt. 2. (met.) Spirit, animation. 3. Bread, subsist- ence. نمک بند namak-band, adj. Stopped or bound up with salt (a wound). نمکچشي na- mak-chashī, The first feeding of a child about six months of age, which is attended with cer- tain ceremonies. (in dakh.) A ceremony of sending trays of food from the bridegroom to the bride, and the contrary, before marriage. نمک حرام namak-ḥarām, Disloyal, wicked, evil, disobedient, perfidious, traitor, ungrateful. نمک حرامي namak-ḥarām-ī, s. f. Perfidy, trea- son, treachery, disloyalty, ingratitude. نمک حلال namak-ḥalāl, Loyal, submissive, faithful, grateful. نمک حلالي namak-ḥalāl-ī, s. f. Fi- delity, loyalty, gratitude. نمک خوار namak- ḵẖẉār, A servant, dependant. نمکدان namak- dān, A saltcellar. نمکسار namaksār, Saline, a salt-pit. نمک کا کنکره حرام هونا namak kā kankra ḥarām honā (dakh. met. for فاقه رهنا) To continue in a fast or fasting, to keep a fast(?). کٿي پر نمک لگانا kaṭe par namak lagānā (lit. to put salt upon a wound) To add one grief or vexation to another.

نال nāl H 1. Along with, accompanying. سوچ بهي بهري کهري سکهي لکهـ نال کي Soch bhai bharī kharī sakhī lakhi nāl kī, Her accompanying friends, seeing this, were filled with extreme anxiety and terrour. 2. adj. Near. (Panjābī).

ناظم nāz̤im A (part. act. of نظم) s. m. 1. A com- poser, arranger, adjuster. 2. A poet, composer of verses. 3. A governour, a ruler. (Pers. plur. ناظمان).

نرسون narsoṅ H adv. The fourth day past or to come, some days ago or hence.