نردهار निर्धार nirdhār S s. m. Settling or fixing with accuracy, ascertainment.

نرس niras S (नीरस from निर् prep. and रस Juice, moisture) adj. Dry, tasteless, compa- ratively bad, inferiour.

نل नल nal S s. m. 1. A tube, spout, joint of bamboo or other hollow wood. 2. The bamboo which fowlers use to entangle game by applying birdlime to the top of it. نل چلانا nal-chalānā, Setting the bamboos in motion, denotes a ma- gical practice adopted for the discovery of theft. Two pieces of split bamboo, of equal lengths, are applied to one another side by side, and held by two men, one at each end. It is said that any persons taken at random may be em- ployed for this purpose. Then the magician pronounces certain incantations, the efficacy of which is pretended to be such, that the bam- boos spontaneously move towards the place where the thief or the stolen goods are, and drag the men along with them. نل در نل nal dar nal, One tube within another. 3. Name of a king, and hero of several poetical works fa- mous among the Hindūs.

نالي nālī नाडी S̱. s. f. 1. A drain. 2. A straw. 3. A tubulated tile. 4. A sinuous ulcer or fistula.

نرملي nir-mal-ī S (निर्मली or in Sans. कतक) s. f. Name of a seed with which water is cleared. (Strychnos potatorum).

نمني nimne H postpos. Like: see نمن naman, or مانند mānand.

ننانوي ninānawe नवनवति S̱. adj. Ninety nine. ننانوي کي پهير مين پڙنا ninānawe ke pher meṅ paṛnā, 1. To be entirely absorbed in the acquisition of wealth. 2. To be involved in difficulties.

نسناسي nasnās-ī A adj. Of, or relating to the نسناس nasnās, q. v.

نصرانيت naṣrānīyat A s. f. The christian re- ligion, christianity.

نپن निपुण nipuṇ S adj. Skilful, clever, expert, conversant, eminent.