نفط nift̤ A or naft̤, s. Naphtha, bitumen.

نيز nīz P conj. Also, likewise, again.

نيلي nīl-ī P adj. Blue, azure. P. S̱. نيم nīm (Sans. नेम Part) adj. Half, the middle. نيمباز nīm-bāz, adj. Half-open. نيم برش nīm-bursh (corrupt. for نيم برشته) A poached egg (half-boiled or half-fried, &c.). نيم پخت nīm-puḵẖt, Half-cooked, half-ripe, parboiled. نيم تڙ nīm-taṛ, Middling. نيم جان nīm-jān, Half-dead (with fear, &c.). نيم جوش nīm-josh, Codled. نيم جوش کرنا nīm-josh karnā, To codle. نيم خواب nīm-ḵẖẉāb, Dozing, doze. نيم خوابي nīm-ḵẖẉāb-ī, s. f. Drowsiness, dozing. نيم خورده nīm-ḵẖụrda, Half-eaten, the remains of victuals. نيم راضي nīm-rāẓī, Half-satisfied. نيم سوز nīm-soz, adj. Half-roasted (meat). نيم شب nīm-shab, Midnight. نيم شبي nīm-shab-ī, adj. Of or relating to midnight. نيم کشت nīm-kusht or نيم کشته nīm-kushta, Half-killed. نيم گقته nīm-gufta, Half-uttered. نيم مرده nīm- murda, Half-dead.

ناپ nāp S̱. (from मापन) s. f. Measure. ناپ جوکهـ nāp-jokh, Measuring and weighing.

نضيج naẓīj A (from نضج) adj. Ripe, mature, cooked; soft.

نلوا nal-ūʼā S̱. (नल A reed) s. m. 1. A tube, a joint of bamboo to convey letters in. 2. Straw.

نس nus P s. m. 1. The environs of the mouth. 2. Understanding. (Gr. nou_s).

ننگلانا ninglānā S̱. (caus. of ننگلنا ningalnā) v. a. (dakh.) To cause to swallow.

ناطق nāt̤iḳ A (part. act. of نطق) s. m. 1. Speaking, a speaker. 2. A rational being.

نرسنگا nar-singā नलशृंग S̱. s. m. A horn (mu- sical), a wind instrument. S. نرسنگهـ नरसिंह or नृसिंह nar-singh or nr̤i- singh, s. m. The name of the fourth Avatār or incarnation of Vish̤ṇu, which happened in the Satya-yuga, upon the following occasion. Hiranya-kasipu, an impious prince, was en- raged at his son Prahlād for worshipping the Almighty, and tried every means of destroying him, by poison, by throwing him into fire, into the ocean, &c. yet Prahlād lived. "If your God is present every where," says Hiranya- kasipu, "let him come from an alabaster pil- lar;" on which Nar-singha appeared, with the lower part of a man and the upper of a lion,