ناستک nāstik S (नास्तिक) s. m. An atheist, one who denies a future state of rewards and punishments.

نوري nūrī H s. f. Name of a bird of the parrot kind commonly called lūrī. (Psittacus).

نفعه nafʼaﻌ A. s. m. (dakh.) See نفع nafﻌ.

نيسان naisān P s. m. Name of the 7th Syrian month, corresponding to the Persian فروردين and Hindī بيساکهہ baisākh. ابرنيسان abr-i-naisān, or ابرنيساني abr-i-naisānī, 1. The vernal cloud or rain. 2. The rain which falls while the moon is in the mansion swāti; and of which, if it drops into a shell, pearls are formed; but which turns to poison, if it happens to fall into the mouth of a serpent. See سوات swāti.

نوميدانه naumed-āna P adv. Hopelessly.

نيه nīya A. s. m. Intention, design: see نيت nīyat.

نشاٴيت nashā-īyat A. s. f. Quality of intoxicating.

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

نفيس nafīs A (from نفس Heb. and Aram. ) adj. Precious, delicate, exquisite, choice.

نقطه nuḳt̤a A s. m. 1. A point, a dot, a spot, a stain, a vowel. 2. A geometrical point, centre