نسواس निःश्वास ni-swās S s. m. Breath.

ندافي naddāf-ī A. s. f. Dressing of cotton, the trade of a naddāf.

ناصيه nāṣiya A s. m. The forelock of hair over the forehead.

نوح nūḥ Heb. n. prop. Noah. (Erroneously stated by Musalmān authors to be so called from his lamentations on account of the obsti- nacy of mankind who rejected his admonitions; but, really from Heb. To rest, to be com- forted or freed from pain. Gen. V. 29.).

نفي nafī A s. m. 1. Forbidding, prohibition. 2. Rejecting, refusing. 3. Negation. 4. Re- fuse, filth, refusal, annihilation, nonexistence.

نعوذ naʼūﻌẕu A 1st. pers. plur. aor. of عوذ Heb. To flee for refuge to any person or place. نعوذ بالله naʼūﻌẕu bi-l-lāhi, Let us flee to God (from any thing wicked).

نامه nāma P s. m. A letter, writing, history, work, treatise. (In compos.) Book. نامه بر nāma-bar, Letter-carrier or letter-carrying.

نٿهلا niṭhallā H 1. s. m. Idleness. 2. adj. Idle.

نکنٿک ni-kanṭak S (निःकंटक) adj. 1. Hap- py, without enmity or opposition. 2. Plain, easy.

نہب nahb A s. m. Rapine, plunder, spoil.