نکي مونٿهـ nakkī mūnṭh H s. f. Name of a game.

ناد nād H adj. or postpos. mas. (dakh.) Like: see سريکها sarīkhā.

نوتا nautā S̱. s. m. 1. A portico. 2. (or notā for निमंत्रण) Invitation. 3. (Corrupt. from नमन) adj. Stooping.

نامزد nām-zad P adj. Destined, declared, ap- pointed, named; s. A betrothed damsel.

نونا nonā H 1. v. a. To tie the feet of a cow when milking. 2. s. m. A kind of custard-apple. (Annona reticulata).

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.

نقب naḳb A (Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. 1. A rabbitʼs burrow, a subterraneous excavation, perforation, a mine, a gallery. 2. An instru- ment used by miners, thieves, &c. for piercing walls. 3. Digging through a wall.

نفاذ nafāẕ A (from نفذ) s. m. Penetrating, per- vading, piercing; escape from an enemy. adj. Obeyed (an order).

نال nāl H 1. Along with, accompanying. سوچ بهي بهري کهري سکهي لکهـ نال کي Soch bhai bharī kharī sakhī lakhi nāl kī, Her accompanying friends, seeing this, were filled with extreme anxiety and terrour. 2. adj. Near. (Panjābī).

نيوشنده niyūsh-anda P part. act. Hearer, lis- tener.