نياي nyāʼe S̱. or niyāʼe (न्याय) s. m. 1. Justice, equity. 2. Reason, argument, disputation, so- phistry, logick. نياي شاستر nyāʼe-shāstr, s. m. Logick. نياي کرنا nyāʼe karnā, To judge, ad- minister justice, decide.

نکح nikaḥ A. s. (dakh.) Marriage (Harris): see نکاح nikāḥ.

نساج nassāj A (adj. superl. of نسج) s. m. A weaver.

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,

ناشته nāshta P. s. m. See ناشتا nāshtā.

ناگـﮩ nāgah P adv. Suddenly, &c. See ناگاه.

نظام niz̤ām A (from نظم) s. m. 1. Order, dispo- sition, arrangement. 2. Custom, habit. 3. A string of pearls. 4. A composer, arranger. 5. Basis. ¶ (dakh.) A chief governour (Harris).

نتي nittī H (corrupt. of نکتي) s. f. Small scales, such as goldsmiths use.

نرجه narja H s. m. Small scales.

نزاع nizāﻌ A (from نزع analog. to Heb. ) s. m. f. Contention, litigation, dispute, controversy.