نکهاد निषाद nikh̤ād S s. m. 1. The first of the seven musical notes. 2. Name of a Hindū in- feriour cast. See چنڐال chanḍāl.

نارنجي nāranj-ī S̱. (Sans. नारंगीय) adj. Orange-coloured.

ندافي naddāf-ī A. s. f. Dressing of cotton, the trade of a naddāf.

نکهارنا nikhārnā H (caus. of نکهرنا) v. a. 1. To strain. 2. To bleach, to clear.

نايب nāʼịb A (part. act. of نوب Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. A deputy, delegate, vicegerent, at- torney. نايب مناب nāʼịb manāb, A vicege- rent, a locum tenens, a successor. A. P. نايبي nāʼịb-ī, s. (dakh.) Deputyship, vice- gerency, agency, delegation. S̱. H. نايچ nā-īch, adv. (dakh.) Not, no: see نـﮩين nahīṅ.

نثر nas̤r A s. f. Prose.

نسترن nastaran P s. m. 1. The white rose of India. (Rosa glandulifera: Roxb.). 2. Name of a kind of cloth.

ناقوس nāḳūs A (from نقس Chald. ) s. m. 1. A bell; or, rather, a thin oblong piece of wood, suspended by two strings, used by the eastern Christians to summon the congregation to divine service. 2. A kind of shell blown by Hindūs in divine worship.

نت nit नित्य S̱. 1. adv. or adj. Always, continually, eternally, ever, constant, invariable. 2. The base of an obtuse-angled triangle. نت اٿهـ nit-uṭh or نت اٿهکي nit-uṭhke or نتپرت nit- prati, Constantly. نت نت nit-nit, Perpe- tually, constantly.

نکبت nakbat A (from نکب) s. f. Adversity, ca- lamity, misfortune.