نخشب naḵẖshab P n. prop. Name of a city in Turkistan, famous for the appearance of the moon which the impostor Muḳannaﻌ caused to ascend from a pit in its neighbourhood, during the space of two months.

نصيري nuṣairī A s. m. A mahometan sectary who believes in the divinity of Aﻌlī.

نردهار निर्धार nirdhār S s. m. Settling or fixing with accuracy, ascertainment.

نفط nift̤ A or naft̤, s. Naphtha, bitumen.

نکاسي nikās-ī S̱. s. f. Taxes collected on goods passing out of a town, duties, &c. نکاسي کي چٿهي nikās-ī kī chiṭṭhī, s. f. A permit, a pass- port.

نصير naṣīr A (from نصر) s. m. An assistant, a de- fender, a friend.

نوکري naukar-ī P s. f. Service, attendance. نوکري پيشه naukarī-pesha, One who lives on employ- ments.

ناگري nāgarī S̱. adj. The most common Hindī character of writing; called, also, Deva-nāgarī.

نگلنا nigalnā S̱. (नि prep. and r. गल Eat or गृ Swallow) v. a. To swallow, to gulp down.

نصاب niṣāb A (from نصب Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. 1. A root, origin, principle. 2. Dignity, fortune. 3. Capital, principal, property. 4. A certain estate or number of cattle for which a tax is paid. نصاب الصبيان niṣābu-ṣ-ṣibyān (lit. the capital stock of children) The title of an Arabic Vocabulary with Persian translation in rhyme.