نماشام nimāshām H s. (dakh. i. q. سرشام) Evening, early in the evening (?). نماشام اترنا ni- māshām utarnā (met. i. q. سياه روهونا) To have the face black, to be disgraced (?).

نکال nakāl A (from نکل Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. An exemplary punishment, a preventive, restraint.

نہفته nihufta P or nahufta (from نہفتن) adj. Concealed, hidden, private.

نچهتري nachhattar-ī S̱. adj. Born under a lucky planet, fortunate.

نيمي nem-ī नियमी S̱. adj. Conscientious, ab- stemious, continent, chaste.

نرد بان nard-bān P s. m. A staircase, steps, a ladder, especially a scaling ladder.

نگاه nigāh P s. f. 1. A look, glance, sight, view, the aspect. 2. Observation, watching. 3. Cus- tody, care. نگاه رکهنا nigāh rakhnā, To take care, to lay by, to guard. نگاه کرنا nigāh kar- nā, To observe, look, regard, view, oversee.

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

نقص naḳṣ A s. m. Defect, diminution, detri- ment, blemish, injury, harm, mischief.

نقل naḳl A s. f. 1. A history, narrative, tale, story, anecdote, fable. 2. Copying, mimicking, acting. 3. Transcribing. 4. Imitation of a copy, transcript, copy, counterpart. 5. Transporting from one place to another, removing, trans- lation. نقل کرنا naḳl karnā, To relate, narrate, to copy, to act, play, perform, or represent (a character). نقل مکان naḳl-i-makān, 1. The first stage of a journey, or halting place at a very little distance, where they remain some time to collect what may have been forgotten of the requisites for travelling. This first stage is often made, long before they really mean to set off, for the sake of seizing a lucky moment to commence a journey in. 2. Transmigration. نقل نويسي naḳl-navīs-ī, s. f. Copying. ¶ nuḳl, s. What is eaten with wine, as fruits or sweet- meats, a dessert: (dakh.) A sort of sweetmeat.