ناقل nāḳil A (part. act. of نقل) s. m. A reporter, reciter, narrator, relater, delineator.

نواله nawāla P (or Hind. niwāla) s. m. 1. A mor- sel, a mouthful, 2. The wadding of a gun.

نکر nakir A (from نکر Heb. and Aram. ) adj. 1. Sagacious, penetrating, ingenious. 2. Igno- rant.

نانا nānā H s. m. Maternal grandfather.

ناخنه nāḵẖun-a P s. m. 1. An instrument used to strike the strings of a guitar, &c. with, a plectrum. 2. A haw or web in the eye. (Unguis).

نوشان noshān P part. act. (from نوشيدن) in compos. Drinking.

نيلام nīlām PORT. (Port. leilám) s. m. Auction.

ناکن nākan P. s. (dakh.) A colt (Harris): see ناکند nā-kand, under نا nā.

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,

نقصان nuḳṣān A (from نقص) s. m. Loss, defect, deficiency, detriment, injury, damage, blemish, prejudice, mischief. A. H. نقصاني nuḳṣān-ī, adj. Detrimental, prejudi- cial (Harris).