نکوهش nakohish P or nikohish (from نکوهيدن) s. f. Spurning, rejecting, despising.

نالگي nāla-gī P s. f. Lamentation, complaint. P. H. نالنا nālnā, v. n. (dakh.) To lament, to moan or complain.

نک nak S̱. 1. in compos. (for ناک nāk, q. v.) Nose; as, نک گهسني nak-ghisnī, s. Rubbing the nose on the ground in prostration, or by way of humiliation. 2. s. (dakh.) Nail: see نکهـ nakh.

ناٴيکه nāʼeka S̱. s. f. (dakh.) See نايکا nāyikā, sign. 2.

ناتهـ नाथ nāth S s. m. 1. A master, a husband, a lord. 2. Often used as an affix to the names of Jogīs; as, گورکهناتهـ gorakh-nāth. 3. s. f. The string in a bullockʼs nose. 4. A seton.

نوابي nawwāb-ī A. s. f. 1. Deputyship. 2. A kind of cloth. adj. Relating to a nabob.

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.

نکاستا nikāstā H s. m. A prop, a pillar.

نصيحت naṣīḥat A (from نصخ Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. Advice, counsel, admonition, precept. نصيحت کرنا يا دينا naṣīhat-karnā, or -denā, To advise, counsel, admonish, exhort; (met.) to reprove, to reprimand, to chastise. نصيحت گر naṣīḥat-gar, or نصيحت گو naṣīḥat-go, An ad- viser, counsellor, admonisher.

نازکي nāzuk-ī P s. f. Delicacy, nicety, delicateness, tenderness, &c.