نرتانا nirtānā S̱. v. a. 1. (causal of نرتنا) To make dance. 2. To make pure, to clean.

ناوک nāwak P s. f. 1. A sort of arrow. 2. A tube, canal. 3. A beeʼs sting. 4. The tube through which an arrow is projected. ناوک انداز nāwak-andāz, An archer. S̱. P. ناون nāʼoṅ, s. m. Name. See نانو nāṅw.

نمگيره nam-gīra P s. m. A canopy, an awning.

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.

نکهـ سکهـ nakh sikh S̱. From top to toe, or from the (toe) nails to the hair on the crown of the head.

ناف nāf P (Sans. नाभि) s. f. The navel; the middle.

نوچنا noch-nā H v. a. To pinch, to grip, to scratch, to claw.

نيزه neza P s. m. 1. A spear, lance, javelin, dart, pike. 2. A piece of reed from which pens are made. نيزه باز neza-bāz, Playing with a spear, a spearman. نيزه بازي neza-bāz-ī, s. f. Throwing the spear, tilting. نيزي بردار neze-bardār, A spearman. نيزي دار neze-dār, Armed with a spear.

نسندهاٴي nisandhāʼī S̱. s. f. Solidity.

نضج nuẓj A (or naẓj) s. m. Ripening, cooking; suppuration (of a wound).