نيندو nīnd-ū S̱. s. m. Sleeper.

نيکي nek-ī P s. f. Goodness, good, piety, virtue, probity, beauty.

نانک nānak H n. prop. Name of a faḳīr, founder of the sect of Sikhs. نانک پنتهي يا شاهي يا نانک متا nānak-panthī, or shāhī, or nānak- matā, s. m. A Sikh, or follower of Nānak.

نہالي nihāl-ī P s. f. 1. A young plant. 2. A kind of quilt, small carpet, a cushion.

نارد नारद nārad S n. prop. 1. The name of a Hindū saint, son of Brahmā, and one of the ten original Munis or R̤ikh̤is. 2. (met.) A disputant, one fond of altercation.

نفي nafī A s. m. 1. Forbidding, prohibition. 2. Rejecting, refusing. 3. Negation. 4. Re- fuse, filth, refusal, annihilation, nonexistence.

نر निर् nir S prep. Out, without (on the out- side), without (not having). The reverse of नि. As, निर्गंध nir-gandh, Scentless.

ن nūn The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic and twenty-ninth of the Persian alphabet, corre- sponds to न in Sanskrit. It is one of the dental letters, and has the sound of the English n, with the following exceptions. 1. When it is quiescent in the middle or end of a word, and follows a madda or simple long vowel, it has a very slight nasal sound; as, in زبون Bad, زمان Time, زمين The earth, ماندن To remain: this is called نون غنب nūn-i-g̠ẖunna. If, how- ever, the word at the end of which it occurs be so placed in composition that the ن become moveable by iẓāfat, it ceases to be nasal and resumes its original sound as a dental letter. 2. When it precedes ب or پ it has the sound of m; as, in منبر mimbar, A pulpit; سنپت

نوني nūnī H s. f. Penis puerilis. ¶ naunī, s. f. See نوي nawe or navī.

ناليدن nālīdan P verbal noun or inf. Lamenting, complaining. S. P. نام nām (Sans. नाम) s. m. Name, appel- lation, character, fame, reputation, honour. نام آور nām-āwar, adj. Famous, renowned. نام آوري nām-āwar-ī, s. f. Fame, renown. نام خدا nām-i-ḵẖudā, In Godʼs name, bravo! good heavens! نامدار nām-dār, Famous, celebrated. نامداري nām-dār-ī, Celebrity. نام دهرنا nām dharnā, To name, to fix a name on (particularly, a bad name), to nickname, miscal: کبـﮩي بولين عقيق اورگـﮩ نگين لعل ٿهـﮩراوين يـﮩ نا شاعر تري هونٿهون کو کيا کيا نام دهرتي هين Kab-hī boleṅ aﻌḳīḳ aur gah nagīn-i-laﻌl ṭhahrā- weṅ; yih nā-shāʼiﻌr tire honṭhoṅ ko kyā kyā nām dharte haiṅ. These poetasters sometimes call your lips cornelians, and sometimes signets of ruby; in how many ways do they miscal them! نام دهروانا nām dharwānā, 1. To be defamed. 2. To give a name to a child. نام دينا nām denā, To give name to, to make conspicuous. نام ڐبونا nām ḍubonā, to lose oneʼs honour or reputation. نام رکهنا nām rakhnā, To name. نام کرن nām-karan, Acquiring or giving a name. نام کرنا nām-karnā, To become famous. شعر اُني خوب کـﮩي افاق مين اپنا نام کيا Shiﻌr un-ne ḵẖūb kahe, āfāḳ meṅ apnā nām kiyā. He has composed elegant verses, and extended his fame in the world. نام لينا nām lenā, 1. To praise. 2. To repeat the name of God. نام ليکر مانگ کهانا nām lekar māng khānā, To beg alms in the name of another. نام نکالنا nām-nikālnā, 1. To become celebrated. 2. To investigate the perpetrator of any crime. نام هونا nām-honā, To be conspicuous, famous, or renowned.