نمکيني namkīn-ī P s. f. Saltness, sweetness, agreeableness.

ننانوان ninānwāṅ H s. m. The thrush, aphthæ.

نفاق nifāḳ A (from نفق Chald. and Syr. ) s. m. 1. Hypocrisy, fallacy, prevarication. 2. (in Pers. and Hind.) Disagreement, enmity.

نوکري naukar-ī P s. f. Service, attendance. نوکري پيشه naukarī-pesha, One who lives on employ- ments.

نوا nawā P s. f. 1. Voice, sound, modulation, song, air (in musick). 2. Opulence, wealth, subsistence, goodness or splendour of circum- stances. نوا پرداز nawā-pardāz, adj. Playing on musick or singing.

نيمه nīma P s. m. A garment like a jāma, but not so full at the breast, or with less cloth in the skirt. نيمه آستين nīma-āstīn, Half-sleeved, a particular kind of jacket. (It reaches to below the knee, is single-breasted, and fastened above by one button in the centre of the chest: it has short sleeves. Qanoon-e-islam). نيمه شام nīma-shām, Evening.

نيست nest P (Sans. नास्ति Is not) Nought,

نيارا nyārā निरालय S̱. 1. adj. Apart, aloof, separate, distinct, different, extraordinary, un- common. 2. s. m. The scoria left after refining gold, silver, or other metals, from which a minute portion of those metals is obtainable. نياري nyāre, adv. Apart.

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

نراس nir-ās S̱. (निराशा) adj. Hopeless.