نخود nuḵẖụd P s. m. A kind of pulse. (Cicer arietinum). نخود آب nuḵẖụd-āb, A kind of food given after physick has been taken: it consists of pulse and meat boiled together for a long time.

نماشام nimāshām H s. (dakh. i. q. سرشام) Evening, early in the evening (?). نماشام اترنا ni- māshām utarnā (met. i. q. سياه روهونا) To have the face black, to be disgraced (?).

نالا nālā H s. m. A rivulet, brook, canal, gutter, furrow, ravine.

ناونوش nāw-nosh P s. m. Banqueting, feasting, carousing.

ناگ नाग nāg S s. m. 1. A snake (Coluber naja) and a sort of demigod shaped as a ser- pent. ناگ بهاشا nāg-bhāsh̤ā, A Prākr̤it lan- guage said to be used by the serpentine race who inhabit Pātāl. ناگ پنچمي nāg-pancha- mī, Name of a Hindū holyday, the 5th of Srāwaṇ, sukl-paksh̤, on which day they worship a snake to procure blessings on their children. ناگ پاس (नागपाश) nāg-pās, or ناگ پهانس nāg-phāṅs, s. f. A running noose of a rope, &c. a sort of noose or knot, used in battle to entangle an enemy. ناگ کنيا nāg-kanyā, A race of females said to inhabit Pātāl, or the regions under the earth, and to be of serpentine extraction but very beautiful. ناگ لوک nāg- lok, The region under the earth, the abode of serpents and hydras, Pātāla. (Not being ac- cessible to the sun, it is illuminated by very

نيا nayā नव S̱. adj. New. نئيي سرسي naye sir se, adj. Anew, afresh. ¶ naiyā (from नौ ناو A boat) s. m. A boatman, ferryman.

نٿ کهٿ naṭ-khaṭ S̱. adj. Roguish, waggish, art- ful, trickish, shrewd; (subst.) A cheat.

ناصر nāṣir A (part. act. of نصر Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. A defender, assistant, helper.

نفاط nafāt̤ A (from نفط) s. m. 1. Naphtha, bitu- men, or a place where it is found in plenty. 2. Lamp-oil.

ناست nāst नास्ति S̱. Nonentity, annihilated.