نکته nukta A (from نکت) s. m. A subtile or quaint conceit, point of wit, wise or pithy saying, a mystical signification. نکته پرداز nukta- pardāz, adj. Acute, subtile, sententious. نکته پردازي nukta-pardāz-ī, s. f. Wit, humour. نکته چين nukta-chīn, A caviller, a carper, captious. نکته چيني nukta-chīn-ī, Captiousness, cavil. نکته دان nukta-dān, adj. Subtile, sagacious,

ناک nāk P (in compos.) Full, affected with, &c. as, غمناک g̠ẖam-nāk, Affected with grief.

نوربافي nūr-bāf-ī P s. f. Weaving.

نچوڙنا nichoṛnā H v. a. To wring, squeeze, press, strain, express, extort, to exact.

ناگر موتها nāgar-mothā नागरमुस्तक S̱. s. m. Name of a sweet smelling grass. (Cyperus pertenuis: Roxb.). (Cyperus juncifolius or rush-leaved cyperus: Qanoon-e-islam, gloss. p. lxxvi).

نمو numū A or namw or namū, s. m. Vegetation, growth, increase.

نفر nafar A s. m. 1. A groom, a servant. 2. One person; as, تين نفر tīn nafar, Three per- sons. ¶ nafr, Fright, terrour.

نشين nishīn P part. act. (from نشستن) in compos. Sitting, sitter, settled; seat, residence.

نيار nyār S̱. (न्याद Food) s. m. Forage, fodder, food of cattle.

نکٿا nakṭā S̱. (from ناک Nose, and part. pass. of کاٿنا) 1. adj. Nose-clipt, noseless. 2. s. m. A rogue.