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.

نگين nagīn P s. m. See نگ nag, signif. 2.

نيکا nīkā P. (in Braj nīkau) adj. Good, beauti- ful, elegant; well. نيکوخدمتي nīko-ḵẖidmat-ī, Goodness of ser- vice. نيکوکار neko-kār, Of good actions, a be- neficent person, benefactor. نيکوکاري neko- kār-ī, s. f. Beneficence, doing good.

نبوت nubūwat A (from نبأ Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. Prophecy.

نغم nag̠ẖam A s. m. 1. Melody, song, modu- lation. 2. A musical note.

نيہہ neh स्नेह S̱. s. f. 1. Affection, kindness, love, friendship. 2. Oil.

نمن निम्न nimn S adj. Low (ground), stooping, deep.

نرگسي nargis-ī P 1. adj. Like or of the Nar- cissus. 2. s. m. A kind of garment, a sort of food.

نعال niʼāﻌl A s. plur. of نعل naﻌl, q. v.

ندا nidā A s. f. Sound, voice, calling, call to prayer, proclamation, vocative.