نہير nahiyar H s. f. Wifeʼs family.

نمکهـ निमिष nimikh̤ S s. m. A moment (of time), a twinkling of the eye.

ناپکار nāpikār P. adj. (dakh.) Vile: see ناپگار nā-pigār and نابکار nā-ba-kār.

نانکاري nānkār-ī P. adj. Belonging to nānkār, q. v.

نرسنگا nar-singā नलशृंग S̱. s. m. A horn (mu- sical), a wind instrument. S. نرسنگهـ नरसिंह or नृसिंह nar-singh or nr̤i- singh, s. m. The name of the fourth Avatār or incarnation of Vish̤ṇu, which happened in the Satya-yuga, upon the following occasion. Hiranya-kasipu, an impious prince, was en- raged at his son Prahlād for worshipping the Almighty, and tried every means of destroying him, by poison, by throwing him into fire, into the ocean, &c. yet Prahlād lived. "If your God is present every where," says Hiranya- kasipu, "let him come from an alabaster pil- lar;" on which Nar-singha appeared, with the lower part of a man and the upper of a lion,

نکهارنا nikhārnā H (caus. of نکهرنا) v. a. 1. To strain. 2. To bleach, to clear.

نيہہ neh स्नेह S̱. s. f. 1. Affection, kindness, love, friendship. 2. Oil.

نصراني naṣrānī A s. m. A christian. See نصاريٰ.

نضارت naẓārat A (from نضر Heb. ) s. f. Freshness, verdure, beauty, pleasingness, lustre, brightness, floridness.

نچويا nachwaiyā S̱. (from ناچ) s. m. A dancer.