نهيالي nhyālī H or nahyālī, s. (dakh.) A mattress, quilt, bedding (Harris): see نہالچه nihālcha.

نالان nālāṅ P (part. act. of ناليدن) Lamenting, complaining, lamentable.

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.

نبرد nabard P s. m. Battle, engagement, war.

نگلنا nigalnā S̱. (नि prep. and r. गल Eat or गृ Swallow) v. a. To swallow, to gulp down.

نادلي nādalī H (perhaps, for ناد علي q. v.) s. (dakh.) A stone having generally a verse or certain sentences of the ḳurʼān engraved on it, and worn as a charm round the necks of chil- dren. (Qanoon-e-islam).

نگاهبان nigāh-bān P s. m. A guard, a keeper, observer.

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).

نازکي nāzuk-ī P s. f. Delicacy, nicety, delicateness, tenderness, &c.

ننگيا لينا nangiyā lenā S̱. v. a. To take and strip.