نوار niwār H s. f. Tape (of a coarse kind). نوار باف niwār-bāf, A tape-weaver.

نکهنگ निषंग nikh̤ang S s. f. A quiver.

نسبت nisbat A s. f. 1. Relation, affinity, re- specting, regarding, attribute, reference. 2. (dakh.) The ceremony of betrothing: see مانگني māngnī. نسبت کرنا nisbat karnā, To refer, to attribute.

نکهرانا nikhrānā H (caus. of نکهرنا) v. a. To settle, to purify, to clear.

نواقل nawāḳil A s. plur. (from نقل) Histories, tales, traditions.

نهاٿنا nhāṭnā H v. n. (dakh.) To flee, to run away, to betake oneʼs self to flight, to escape.

نيچي नीचे nīche S adv. Below, beneath, under, down. نيچي اوپر nīche ūpar (नीचोपरि) Upside down. نيچي جانا nīche jānā, To des- cend, to submit, to subside, to succumb.

نويسي navis-ī P s. f. in compos. Writing.

ناز naz P s. m. 1. Blandishments, coquetry, play- fulness, gracefulness, elegance, soothing, fond- ling, amorous playfulness, softness. 2. Pride, consequential airs. ناز اٿهاتا nāz uṭhānā, To bear with the airs or whims of another. ناز بردار nāz-bardār, One who bears the whims of another, a flatterer. ناز برداري nāz-bardār-ī, s. f. Flattery. ناز پرور nāz-parwar or ناز پرورده nāz-parwarda, Delicately brought up; a spoiled child. ناز پيشگي nāz-pesha-gī, s. f. The habit of coquetry, &c. ناز پيشه nāz-pesha, One who practises blandishments, a coquette. ناز نخرا nāz-naḵẖrā, s. m. Coquetry, dalliance. نازو نياز nāz-o-niyāz, Blandishment, toying.

نقيب naḳīb A (from نقب Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. 1. A chief, a leader. 2. An intelligent person. 3. A servant whose business it is to proclaim the titles of his master, and to intro- duce those who pay their respects to him. 4. An adjutant or aide de camp.