نايکا नायिका nāyikā S (or nāyakā) s. f. 1. Female of nāyak; a damsel, a lass. 2. The mistress of a house, particularly (now) of a brothel; a bawd.

نير niyar निकट S̱. adv. Near.

نانگهنا nānghnā लंघन S̱. v. a. To step across, cross, jump over, pass, leap over.

ناظره nāz̤ira A (part. act. fem. of نظر) s. m. 1. The eye, sight, vision. 2. Reading, studying. ناظره خواني nāz̤ira-ḵẖẉān-ī, Reading (in opposi- tion to repeating by heart).

نمن naman H adj. or postpos. Like, resembling. ¶ niman, 1. adj. Stout, strong, tight, good. 2. postpos. (dakh.) Like, like as.

نزاري nizār-ī P s. f. Thinness, emaciation.

نواحي nawāḥī A s. f. plur. (of ناحيه nāḥiya, q. v.) Territories, environs, parts, tract.

نامور nām-war P adj. Celebrated, renowned.

نوميدي naumed-ī P s. f. Hopelessness.

نس निश् nis S (or nisi), s. f. Night. نسچر nis-char, s. m. A prowler: see نساچر beneath. نسچراٴي nis- char-āʼī, s. f. Prowling. نسچراٴي کرنا nis-char-āʼī karnā, To prowl. نساچر निशाचर nisā-char, 1. A demon. 2. A robber, a thief. 3. A noc- turnal animal, an animal that watches and feeds by night. نساکر يا نساناتهـ निशाचर nisā-kar, or निशानाथ nisā-nāth, The moon.