نيفا nefā P. (prop. نيفه) s. m. A breeches belt, the part of the drawers through which the string runs to tie them round the loins with.

نهاٿو nhāṭū H (from نهاٿنا) s. (dakh.) Runaway, deserter, fugitive (Harris).

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.

ناقل nāḳil A (part. act. of نقل) s. m. A reporter, reciter, narrator, relater, delineator.

نوابي nawwāb-ī A. s. f. 1. Deputyship. 2. A kind of cloth. adj. Relating to a nabob.

نوچهاور nauchhāwar H s. m. A propitiatory of- fering, sacrifice, victim. See نچهاور nichhāwar.

نورس nau-ras P adj. Young, fresh, tender, recent.

نيستي nest-ī P s. f. Nonexistence, nullity, an- nihilation.

نصب naṣb A (Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. Fixing, erecting, planting, an establishment. نصب کرنا naṣb karnā, To establish, fix, erect, &c. نصب هونا naṣb honā, To be fixed, &c.

نقاد naḳḳād A (adj. superl. of نقد) s. m. A per- son whose business it is to examine money and ascertain its goodness; an adept, assayer. A. T. نقارچي naḳār-chī, s. m. One who beats the kettledrum. A. P. نقارخانه naḳār-ḵẖāna, The place at the porch of a palace where the drums are beaten at stated intervals.