نانچ nāṅch S̱. s. (dakh.) Dance, ball (Harris): see ناچ.

نسانا nasānā नाशन S̱. 1. v. a. To destroy, to annihilate, to spoil, to squander. 2. v. n. To be destroyed or annihilated.

نقالن naḳḳālin A. s. f. An actress.

نيسان naisān P s. m. Name of the 7th Syrian month, corresponding to the Persian فروردين and Hindī بيساکهہ baisākh. ابرنيسان abr-i-naisān, or ابرنيساني abr-i-naisānī, 1. The vernal cloud or rain. 2. The rain which falls while the moon is in the mansion swāti; and of which, if it drops into a shell, pearls are formed; but which turns to poison, if it happens to fall into the mouth of a serpent. See سوات swāti.

نمش namsh P. (prop. نمشک) s. m. A kind of food or dish made of milk, whipt cream, a sort of syllabub.

نکير nakīr A s. m. Name of an angel. See منکر.

نيمب nīmb निंब S̱. s. m. Name of a tree. (Melia azedirachta).

نجم najm A s. m. 1. A star, a planet. 2. For- tune. 3. A horoscope, calculation of nativity. Plur. نجوم nujūm, Stars. علم نجوم iﻌlm-i-nujūm, Astrology, astronomy.

نامنا nāmnā P. S̱. (from نام) v. a. To name, to praise, to panegyrise.

نيشکر nai-shakar P s. f. Sugar-cane.