نينچ naiṅch S̱. adv. (dakh.) Not: see نہين nahīṅ.

ناسکا नासिका nāsikā S s. f. The nose.

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.

نگم निगम nigam S s. m. Holy writ, the Vedas. نگم نواسي nigam-niwāsī, Dwelling in the Vedas, a name of Brahmā. S̱. نگن नग्न nagan, or nagna, adj. Naked.

نمن निम्न nimn S adj. Low (ground), stooping, deep.

نازنين nāznīn P adj. Delicate, lovely; (subst.) A delicate woman, a mistress, a belle.

نبهرما ni-bhram-ā S̱. adj. (dakh.) Without dig- nity, dishonoured, disgraced.

ناتهنا nāth-nā नाथन S̱. v. a. To bore a bullockʼs nose and put a string in it to guide him by.

ناسوت nāsūt A s. f. Humanity, human kind.

نکو nakkū H adj. Infamous. ¶ nako, adv. (dakh.) Not, do not, must not.