نريا nariyā H s. f. A tile.

نکهوسنا nikhosnā H v. a. To grin.

ناگ नाग nāg S s. m. 1. A snake (Coluber naja) and a sort of demigod shaped as a ser- pent. ناگ بهاشا nāg-bhāsh̤ā, A Prākr̤it lan- guage said to be used by the serpentine race who inhabit Pātāl. ناگ پنچمي nāg-pancha- mī, Name of a Hindū holyday, the 5th of Srāwaṇ, sukl-paksh̤, on which day they worship a snake to procure blessings on their children. ناگ پاس (नागपाश) nāg-pās, or ناگ پهانس nāg-phāṅs, s. f. A running noose of a rope, &c. a sort of noose or knot, used in battle to entangle an enemy. ناگ کنيا nāg-kanyā, A race of females said to inhabit Pātāl, or the regions under the earth, and to be of serpentine extraction but very beautiful. ناگ لوک nāg- lok, The region under the earth, the abode of serpents and hydras, Pātāla. (Not being ac- cessible to the sun, it is illuminated by very

نروپ nirūp S̱. (नीरूप from निर् prep. and रूप Form) adj. Without form, incorporeal.

نہلانا nahlānā S̱. (caus. of نہانا q. v.) v. a. To cause to bathe.

ناﺆ nāʼo S̱. s. m. (dakh.) See نانو nāṅw.

نيلوفر nīlofar P s. m. The lotus nilufer, water- lily, nenuphar. (Nymphæa lotus).

نفسي nafs-ī A. adj. Of the soul, animal, carnal, sensual.

نگالي nigāli S̱. (निगाल A horseʼs throat or neck) s. f. A small ḥuḳḳa snake, the wooden pipe of a ḥuḳḳa snake.

نفري nafar-ī A. s. f. 1. Service, profession, trade (particularly, of a groom). 2. A giant, demon.