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

نلج ni-lajja S̱. (निर्लज्ज) adj. Shameless, barefaced, bold, rude.

نوم नवम navam S adj. Ninth.

نونا nonā H 1. v. a. To tie the feet of a cow when milking. 2. s. m. A kind of custard-apple. (Annona reticulata).

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

نس nas A. (corrupt. from نسا) s. f. 1. A vein. 2. A sinew.

نگندنا nigandnā S̱. (नि prep. and r. ग्रन्थ String or tie together) v. a. To quilt.

نويس navīs P part. act. (from نوشتن) in compos. Writing, writer.

نارد nārd P s. m. 1. The tike or doglouse. 2. A miser.

نشا کرنا nishā-karnā P. S̱. (corrupt. of Pers. نشان) v. a. To be responsible; as يـﮩ کام تمهاري ذمي هي اگر بگڙيگا تو اسکا نشا تم کو کرنا هوگا yih kām tumhāre ẕimme hai, agar bigṛegā to iskā nishā tum ko karnā hogā, This affair is committed to your charge; should it be spoiled you must be responsible for it (or make it good).