نکما nikammā निःकर्म्म S̱. adj. Useless, good for nothing.

نہان nahān S̱. or nhān (see نہانا) s. m. Bathing, ablution.

نہاني nihān-ī P s. f. Concealment. adv. Se- cretly. adj. Occult, secret. اندام نہاني andām- i-nihānī, The private parts.

نجسي nijassī S̱. (perhaps, for निर्यशस्वी) adj. (dakh.) Unfortunate: see منحوس manḥūs. A. P. نجسي najis-ī, s. (dakh.) Impurity, conta- mination (Harris).

نچهتر nachhattar S̱. or nachh̤atra (नक्षत्र) s. m. 1. A lunar mansion or constellation in the moonʼs path, a star or asterism. (Besides the common

نمک namak P s. m. (dakh. nimak) 1. Salt. 2. (met.) Spirit, animation. 3. Bread, subsist- ence. نمک بند namak-band, adj. Stopped or bound up with salt (a wound). نمکچشي na- mak-chashī, The first feeding of a child about six months of age, which is attended with cer- tain ceremonies. (in dakh.) A ceremony of sending trays of food from the bridegroom to the bride, and the contrary, before marriage. نمک حرام namak-ḥarām, Disloyal, wicked, evil, disobedient, perfidious, traitor, ungrateful. نمک حرامي namak-ḥarām-ī, s. f. Perfidy, trea- son, treachery, disloyalty, ingratitude. نمک حلال namak-ḥalāl, Loyal, submissive, faithful, grateful. نمک حلالي namak-ḥalāl-ī, s. f. Fi- delity, loyalty, gratitude. نمک خوار namak- ḵẖẉār, A servant, dependant. نمکدان namak- dān, A saltcellar. نمکسار namaksār, Saline, a salt-pit. نمک کا کنکره حرام هونا namak kā kankra ḥarām honā (dakh. met. for فاقه رهنا) To continue in a fast or fasting, to keep a fast(?). کٿي پر نمک لگانا kaṭe par namak lagānā (lit. to put salt upon a wound) To add one grief or vexation to another.

نيندو nīnd-ū S̱. s. m. Sleeper.

نروان निर्व्वाण nir-wāṇ S (from निर् prep. and r. वा Blow, go) adj. Extinguished, extinct.

نوروز nau roz P s. m. New yearʼs day according to the Persian calendar; being that on which the sun enters Aries. This is called عامه or general: and, the sixth of the same month is called خاصه or particular. Both are celebrated by feasts, the liberation of prisoners, &c.

نگاري nigār-ī P s. f. in compos. Painting.