نکهورنا nikhornā S̱. or nikhoṛnā (निर् prep. and r. खुर Cut, scratch) v. a. To peel, skin, de- corticate, clean.

نواسي nawāsī P. s. f. A grandaughter, (especially) a daughterʼs daughter.

نفل nafl A s. m. A voluntary act of devotion which may be omitted innocently as not being prescribed, a work of supererogation. ¶ nafal, Plunder (from infidels).

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

ندرا निद्रा nidrā S s. f. Sleep. See نيند.

ن nūn The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic and twenty-ninth of the Persian alphabet, corre- sponds to न in Sanskrit. It is one of the dental letters, and has the sound of the English n, with the following exceptions. 1. When it is quiescent in the middle or end of a word, and follows a madda or simple long vowel, it has a very slight nasal sound; as, in زبون Bad, زمان Time, زمين The earth, ماندن To remain: this is called نون غنب nūn-i-g̠ẖunna. If, how- ever, the word at the end of which it occurs be so placed in composition that the ن become moveable by iẓāfat, it ceases to be nasal and resumes its original sound as a dental letter. 2. When it precedes ب or پ it has the sound of m; as, in منبر mimbar, A pulpit; سنپت

نگين nagīn P s. m. See نگ nag, signif. 2.

نچنتاٴي ni-chint-āʼī S̱. or nichantāʼī, s. f. Care- lessness, fearlessness, thoughtlessness, unconcern, leisure.

نعوظ nuʼūﻌz̤ A (from نعظ) s. m. Erectio et intensio (penis).

نعال niʼāﻌl A s. plur. of نعل naﻌl, q. v.