ناٿ nāṭ S̱. s. (dakh.) Pillar, beam, architrave, log of wood: see لاٿهـ lāṭh.

نگارين nigār-īn P adj. Embellished, beautified, beautiful, lovely.

نيستان nai-istān P or nai-stān (comp. of ي Reed, and استان or ستان Place) s. m. 1. A sugar plantation, field of sugar-cane. 2. A place where canes or reeds grow.

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.

نجاري najjār-ī A. s. f. The business of a car- penter, carpentry.

نادم nādim A (part. act. of ندم) adj. Bashful, penitent, repenting, abashed, ashamed.

نکاس ni-kās निःकास S̱. s. m. 1. Skirts, suburbs, outer boundary of land attached to a town, &c. issue, outgoing, discharge, outlet, vent, source, origin, spring. 2. Adjustment of accounts, accomplishment.

نيل nail A s. m. Obtaining, acquiring. ¶ nīl, n. prop. The river Nile.

ننگ nang S̱. (नग्न) adj. 1. Naked. 2. Shameless. ننگا خهوري nan- gā-jhūrī, s. f. Searching, examining (as, people leaving a work-shop to prevent pilfering). ننگا سر nangā sir, Bareheaded. ننگا کرنا nangā karnā, To bare, to uncover. ننگا مادرزار nangā

نہاس nihās S̱. adj. (dakh.) See نراس nirās.