ناي nāʼe P s. A reed, a pipe, a flagelet, a flute, a fife.

نصفي niṣf-ī A. adj. Halved, half.

نمسکار नमस्कार namaskār S s. m. Salutation, adoration, reverential address.

نارجيل nārjīl P (Sans. नारिकेल) s. m. 1. A cocoa-nut. 2. The cocoa-nut tree. (Cocos nucifera).

نقل naḳl A s. f. 1. A history, narrative, tale, story, anecdote, fable. 2. Copying, mimicking, acting. 3. Transcribing. 4. Imitation of a copy, transcript, copy, counterpart. 5. Transporting from one place to another, removing, trans- lation. نقل کرنا naḳl karnā, To relate, narrate, to copy, to act, play, perform, or represent (a character). نقل مکان naḳl-i-makān, 1. The first stage of a journey, or halting place at a very little distance, where they remain some time to collect what may have been forgotten of the requisites for travelling. This first stage is often made, long before they really mean to set off, for the sake of seizing a lucky moment to commence a journey in. 2. Transmigration. نقل نويسي naḳl-navīs-ī, s. f. Copying. ¶ nuḳl, s. What is eaten with wine, as fruits or sweet- meats, a dessert: (dakh.) A sort of sweetmeat.

ناک nāk P (in compos.) Full, affected with, &c. as, غمناک g̠ẖam-nāk, Affected with grief.

ناتهـ नाथ nāth S s. m. 1. A master, a husband, a lord. 2. Often used as an affix to the names of Jogīs; as, گورکهناتهـ gorakh-nāth. 3. s. f. The string in a bullockʼs nose. 4. A seton.

نتهنا nath-nā S̱. 1. s. m. A nostril, a ring for the nose. نتهني چڙهانا nathne chaṛhānā, To be angry or displeased. 2. (see ناتهنا) v. n. To have the nose pierced (a bullock).

نيازي niyāz-ī P adj. Suppliant, one who peti- tions, one beloved, a friend, a lover.

نرپر नरपुर nar-pur S s. m. One of the three lokas or regions of the universe, the abode of man, the earth.