نواب nuwwāb A s. plur. (of نايب from نوب Heb. and Aram. ) Vicegerents, lieutenants, de- puties, governours. ¶ nawwāb (adj. superl.) A nabob, a governour of a town or district.

نحافت naḥāfat A s. f. Leanness, emaciation.

نمک namak P s. m. (dakh. nimak) 1. Salt. 2. (met.) Spirit, animation. 3. Bread, subsist- ence. نمک بند namak-band, adj. Stopped or bound up with salt (a wound). نمکچشي na- mak-chashī, The first feeding of a child about six months of age, which is attended with cer- tain ceremonies. (in dakh.) A ceremony of sending trays of food from the bridegroom to the bride, and the contrary, before marriage. نمک حرام namak-ḥarām, Disloyal, wicked, evil, disobedient, perfidious, traitor, ungrateful. نمک حرامي namak-ḥarām-ī, s. f. Perfidy, trea- son, treachery, disloyalty, ingratitude. نمک حلال namak-ḥalāl, Loyal, submissive, faithful, grateful. نمک حلالي namak-ḥalāl-ī, s. f. Fi- delity, loyalty, gratitude. نمک خوار namak- ḵẖẉār, A servant, dependant. نمکدان namak- dān, A saltcellar. نمکسار namaksār, Saline, a salt-pit. نمک کا کنکره حرام هونا namak kā kankra ḥarām honā (dakh. met. for فاقه رهنا) To continue in a fast or fasting, to keep a fast(?). کٿي پر نمک لگانا kaṭe par namak lagānā (lit. to put salt upon a wound) To add one grief or vexation to another.

ننکا nankā H (from ننهان or नन्दन) s. m. A little child, a son. (An expression of endear- ment).

نيجانا nai jānā S̱. (r. णम Bend) v. n. To stoop.

نما namā A (vulg. numā) s. f. Increase, in- creasing.

نرتانا nirtānā S̱. v. a. 1. (causal of نرتنا) To make dance. 2. To make pure, to clean.

نہرني naharnī नखहरणी S̱. s. f. An instru- ment for paring the nails with.

نيماوت nīmāwat S̱. s. System of the followers of Nīmānand a faḳir.

نيري nere S̱. (निकट see نير niyar) adv. Beside, near.