ناگ کيسر नागकेसर nāg-kesar S s. m. Name of a tree. (Mesua ferrea).

نقاد naḳḳād A (adj. superl. of نقد) s. m. A per- son whose business it is to examine money and ascertain its goodness; an adept, assayer. A. T. نقارچي naḳār-chī, s. m. One who beats the kettledrum. A. P. نقارخانه naḳār-ḵẖāna, The place at the porch of a palace where the drums are beaten at stated intervals.

نوڙهنا nauṛhnā नमन S̱. v. n. 1. To bend. 2. To incline downwards. 3. To be obedient, to stoop.

نوار niwār H s. f. Tape (of a coarse kind). نوار باف niwār-bāf, A tape-weaver.

نزع nazﻌ A s. m. The last breath, the agonies of death, expiration.

نچهتر nachhattar S̱. or nachh̤atra (नक्षत्र) s. m. 1. A lunar mansion or constellation in the moonʼs path, a star or asterism. (Besides the common

نظير naz̤īr A (from نظر) s. m. f. Example, in- stance, an equal. adj. Alike, resembling, equal to. نظير السمت naz̤īru-s-samt, The Nadir.

ناونا nāwnā नमन S̱. v. a. 1. To bend down- wards, to bow. 2. To cause to submit to, to cause to stoop.

نيل nail A s. m. Obtaining, acquiring. ¶ nīl, n. prop. The river Nile.

نيوار newār H s. f. Tape. See نوار niwār.