نوسادر nausādar नरसार S̱. s. m. Sal am- moniac.

نکهوٿ nikhoṭ S̱. (निर् prep. and r. कुट Act crookedly, or r. खोट Limp) s. m. Plain dealer, any thing without blemish.

نرم narm P adj. 1. Soft, tender, mild. 2. De- fective (coin). 3. Easy, gentle, ductile, silly.

نکال nikāl निकाल S̱. s. m. Contrivance, out- let, issue, vent, discharge, expulsion, projection. نکال ڐالنا nikāl ḍālnā, To deduct, to strike out.

نرپهل निर्फल nir-phal S adj. Fruitless.

نيلام nīlām PORT. (Port. leilám) s. m. Auction.

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

ناقوس nāḳūs A (from نقس Chald. ) s. m. 1. A bell; or, rather, a thin oblong piece of wood, suspended by two strings, used by the eastern Christians to summon the congregation to divine service. 2. A kind of shell blown by Hindūs in divine worship.

نازله nāzila A (part. act. fem. of نزل) s. m. A mis- fortune, disorder, calamity.

نہيب niheb (nahīb: Hunter P ) s. m. 1. Fear, terrour. 2. Grief, anguish, anxiety. 3. Ex- pedition, haste.