نصر naṣr A (Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. Assist- ance, victory.

نامور nām-war P adj. Celebrated, renowned.

نوچنا noch-nā H v. a. To pinch, to grip, to scratch, to claw.

نہان nihān P adj. Latent, hid, concealed, clan- destine.

نبين nabīn नवीन S̱. adj. New.

نانيال nānyāl H s. (dakh. Harris): see نانهيال nānhiyāl. P. S̱. ناو nāʼo or nāv, s. f. 1. (Sans. नौः) A boat, ship, vessel. 2. Any thing long and hollow within.

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,

نودها nūdhā S̱. (see نودهہ) s. A sort of tobacco.

نسناس nasnās A or nisnās (from نسنس which from نسّ) s. m. 1. A monstrous race of men or demons who have only one leg and thigh and move by leaping. 2. A satyr, a fawn. 3. A kind of ape, a marmoset, an orang ūtan.

نصاب niṣāb A (from نصب Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. 1. A root, origin, principle. 2. Dignity, fortune. 3. Capital, principal, property. 4. A certain estate or number of cattle for which a tax is paid. نصاب الصبيان niṣābu-ṣ-ṣibyān (lit. the capital stock of children) The title of an Arabic Vocabulary with Persian translation in rhyme.