ناصح nāṣiḥ A (part. act. of نصح Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. An adviser, a monitor, a sincere friend or counsellor. adj. Faithful, giving good counsel (a minister). ناصحا nāṣiḥ-ā, O adviser!

نيچه nai-cha P (dimin. of ني nai) s. m. A ḥuḳḳa- snake. نيچه بند naicha-band, A person who makes ḥuḳḳa-snakes. نيچه بندي naicha-band-ī, The trade of a naicha-band.

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

نار nār A (from نور Heb. ) s. f. 1. Fire, hell. 2. The mind.

نرمان निर्माण nirmāṇ S s. m. 1. Manufacture, making, production. 2. Propriety, fitness. P. H. نرمانا narm-ānā, v. a. To soften.

نمک namak P s. m. (dakh. nimak) 1. Salt. 2. (met.) Spirit, animation. 3. Bread, subsist- ence. نمک بند namak-band, adj. Stopped or bound up with salt (a wound). نمکچشي na- mak-chashī, The first feeding of a child about six months of age, which is attended with cer- tain ceremonies. (in dakh.) A ceremony of sending trays of food from the bridegroom to the bride, and the contrary, before marriage. نمک حرام namak-ḥarām, Disloyal, wicked, evil, disobedient, perfidious, traitor, ungrateful. نمک حرامي namak-ḥarām-ī, s. f. Perfidy, trea- son, treachery, disloyalty, ingratitude. نمک حلال namak-ḥalāl, Loyal, submissive, faithful, grateful. نمک حلالي namak-ḥalāl-ī, s. f. Fi- delity, loyalty, gratitude. نمک خوار namak- ḵẖẉār, A servant, dependant. نمکدان namak- dān, A saltcellar. نمکسار namaksār, Saline, a salt-pit. نمک کا کنکره حرام هونا namak kā kankra ḥarām honā (dakh. met. for فاقه رهنا) To continue in a fast or fasting, to keep a fast(?). کٿي پر نمک لگانا kaṭe par namak lagānā (lit. to put salt upon a wound) To add one grief or vexation to another.

نارير nāriyar S̱. s. m. See ناريل nāriyal.

ناس nās A s. plur. (for اناس plur. of انسان from انس Heb. ) Mankind, human beings.

نالش nālish P (from ناليدن) s. f. Complaint, la- mentation, exclamation, a groan.

نگندا nigandā S̱. s. m. (see نگندنا) Quilting.