نجهول ni-jhol S̱. (निर् prep. and r. दुल Throw up) adj. Steady, easy-paced, walking or run- ning smoothly without agitation. (Epithet of an elephant).

نيونجي newanjī H s. f. Name of a flower.

نوشته nawishta P (part. pass. of نوشتن) adj. Written. s. m. A writing, letter, epistle.

نستار निस्तार nistār S s. m. Release, acquittal, salvation, beatitude.

نل नल nal S s. m. 1. A tube, spout, joint of bamboo or other hollow wood. 2. The bamboo which fowlers use to entangle game by applying birdlime to the top of it. نل چلانا nal-chalānā, Setting the bamboos in motion, denotes a ma- gical practice adopted for the discovery of theft. Two pieces of split bamboo, of equal lengths, are applied to one another side by side, and held by two men, one at each end. It is said that any persons taken at random may be em- ployed for this purpose. Then the magician pronounces certain incantations, the efficacy of which is pretended to be such, that the bam- boos spontaneously move towards the place where the thief or the stolen goods are, and drag the men along with them. نل در نل nal dar nal, One tube within another. 3. Name of a king, and hero of several poetical works fa- mous among the Hindūs.

نازان nāzāṅ P (part. from نازيدن) adj. Sporting, toying (as lovers).

نرميت narm-īyat P. s. f. Softness.

نيون neʼūn नवनीत S̱. s. m. Butter.

نقاره naḳāra A or naḳḳāra (from نقر Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. A kettledrum. نقاره بجاتي پهرنا naḳāra bajāte phirnā (dakh. i. q. مشـﮩور کرنا) To publish, make celebrated (?).

نوم naum A (Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. Sleep.