نه नहि nahi S adv. No, not. See نہين.

ن nūn The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic and twenty-ninth of the Persian alphabet, corre- sponds to न in Sanskrit. It is one of the dental letters, and has the sound of the English n, with the following exceptions. 1. When it is quiescent in the middle or end of a word, and follows a madda or simple long vowel, it has a very slight nasal sound; as, in زبون Bad, زمان Time, زمين The earth, ماندن To remain: this is called نون غنب nūn-i-g̠ẖunna. If, how- ever, the word at the end of which it occurs be so placed in composition that the ن become moveable by iẓāfat, it ceases to be nasal and resumes its original sound as a dental letter. 2. When it precedes ب or پ it has the sound of m; as, in منبر mimbar, A pulpit; سنپت

نرملا nir-malā S (निर्म्मल from निर् prep. and मल Filth) adj. Pure, limpid, clear, pel- lucid, transparent, spotless, clean.

ناپگار nāpigār P. (perhaps for نابکار) adj. Filthy, vile.

نکوٴي niko-ī P s. f. Goodness, health.

نباڙنا nibāṛnā S̱. v. a. 1. (निर्वाहण) To ac- complish, to perform, manage: see نباهنا ni- bāhnā. 2. (निर्व्वाण) To spend, to end. 3. To separate.

نسا nisā A s. f. plur. 1. Women, ladies. 2. The female sex.

ناٴي nāʼī S̱. (Sans. नापित) s. m. A barber.

ناظر nāz̤ir A part. act. (of نظر Heb. and Aram. for ) 1. Seeing, looking, regarding, ob- serving, inspecting, beholder. (Plur. ناظرين Beholders, spectators). 2. s. m. An inspector, superintendent, a guard, keeper, supervisor, ob- server. 3. An officer employed in a judicial

نوي nauwe नवति S̱. adj. Ninety.