نکنٿک ni-kanṭak S (निःकंटक) adj. 1. Hap- py, without enmity or opposition. 2. Plain, easy.

نمين nam-īṅ P adj. Moist.

نسنکوچ निःसंकोच ni-sankoch S adj. Without contracting; without shame or reserve.

نرسنگا nar-singā नलशृंग S̱. s. m. A horn (mu- sical), a wind instrument. S. نرسنگهـ नरसिंह or नृसिंह nar-singh or nr̤i- singh, s. m. The name of the fourth Avatār or incarnation of Vish̤ṇu, which happened in the Satya-yuga, upon the following occasion. Hiranya-kasipu, an impious prince, was en- raged at his son Prahlād for worshipping the Almighty, and tried every means of destroying him, by poison, by throwing him into fire, into the ocean, &c. yet Prahlād lived. "If your God is present every where," says Hiranya- kasipu, "let him come from an alabaster pil- lar;" on which Nar-singha appeared, with the lower part of a man and the upper of a lion,

نان nān P (Sans. अन्न Food) s. f. Bread, a loaf. نان آبي nān-i-āb-ī, Bread which has been kneaded with water. نان با nān-bā or نان باٴي nān-bāʼī (prop. نان بايع) A baker. نان پز nān- paz, A baker. نان پزي nān-paz-ī, s. f. The trade of a baker, baking. نان خطاٴي nān-ḵẖa- t̤āʼī, s. f. A kind of sweetmeat. نان روغني nān-i-raug̠ẖan-ī, Bread mixed with boiled but- ter. نان نعمت nān-i-niﻌmat, A kind of bread. نان نـﮩاري nān-i-nahārī, Breakfast.

ناسکا नासिका nāsikā S s. f. The nose.

نہورا nihorā H s. m. 1. Favour, obligation, kindness. 2. Begging, requesting humbly, coaxing.

نيايش niyāʼịsh P s. f. Benediction, praise.

نٿبر naṭ-bar नटवर S̱. s. m. A juggler, &c. See نٿ naṭ.

نقره nuḳra A (from نقر Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. 1. Silver. 2. A white colour (in horses).