نوميدانه naumed-āna P adv. Hopelessly.

نخشب naḵẖshab P n. prop. Name of a city in Turkistan, famous for the appearance of the moon which the impostor Muḳannaﻌ caused to ascend from a pit in its neighbourhood, during the space of two months.

نسچت निश्चित nischit S adj. Sure.

نپنسک नपुंसक napunsak S adj. Neuter (gen- der), unmanly, coward. s. m. An herma- phrodite, eunuch.

نندوٴي nandoʼī S̱. (ननंदृपति) s. m. Hus- bandʼs sisterʼs husband.

نانيال nānyāl H s. (dakh. Harris): see نانهيال nānhiyāl. P. S̱. ناو nāʼo or nāv, s. f. 1. (Sans. नौः) A boat, ship, vessel. 2. Any thing long and hollow within.

ندافي naddāf-ī A. s. f. Dressing of cotton, the trade of a naddāf.

نطق nut̤ḳ A s. m. Speech, language, discourse, articulation, reasoning faculty. A. P. نظارگي naz̤z̤āra-gī, s. f. Seeing, looking at, observation. s. m. Beholder, spectator.

ني nai P s. f. A reed, a tube, a pipe, flute, fife, cane. ني بست nai-bast, Composed of reeds. ني زار nai-zār, A bed of reeds or canes. ني نواز nai-nawāz, Playing on a reed.

نشست nishast P (from نشستن) s. f. Sitting. نشست برخاست nishast-barḵẖāst, s. f. Man- ners, good breeding, etiquette, politeness. نشست گاه nishast-gāh, s. f. A place where people meet to sit and talk, sitting-room.