نمايان numāyān P (part. act. from نمودن) adj. Appearing, apparent, evident, conspicuous, bold (a picture).

نفري nafar-ī A. s. f. 1. Service, profession, trade (particularly, of a groom). 2. A giant, demon.

نراسي nir-ās-ī S̱. s. f. Despair.

نہلانا nahlānā S̱. (caus. of نہانا q. v.) v. a. To cause to bathe.

ن nūn The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic and twenty-ninth of the Persian alphabet, corre- sponds to न in Sanskrit. It is one of the dental letters, and has the sound of the English n, with the following exceptions. 1. When it is quiescent in the middle or end of a word, and follows a madda or simple long vowel, it has a very slight nasal sound; as, in زبون Bad, زمان Time, زمين The earth, ماندن To remain: this is called نون غنب nūn-i-g̠ẖunna. If, how- ever, the word at the end of which it occurs be so placed in composition that the ن become moveable by iẓāfat, it ceases to be nasal and resumes its original sound as a dental letter. 2. When it precedes ب or پ it has the sound of m; as, in منبر mimbar, A pulpit; سنپت

نصفانصف niṣf-ā-niṣf A. Halved, in halves, half and half.

نوري nūrī H s. f. Name of a bird of the parrot kind commonly called lūrī. (Psittacus).

نکهيانا nakhiyānā S̱. (from नख) v. a. To claw, to scratch.

نرنکار nirankār S̱. (for निराकार i. e. निर् prep. and अंतर Form) adj. Without form (the deity), incorporeal.

نواري niwārī निवारिका S̱. s. f. Name of a flower, a sort of jasmine. See نواڙي niwāṛī.