نواح nawāḥ A (contract. for نواحي plur. of ناحيه from نحو) s. f. Environs, district, tract, coast, shore. ¶ nuwāḥ (from نوح) s. m. Act of la- menting, bewailing, complaining.

نقدي naḳd-ī A. adj. Relating to cash, (paid, &c.) in cash, possessing ready money, moneyed. ¶ نقدي کا جوڙا naḳde kā joṛā (dakh.) An or- nament of bangles for the wrist.

نل नल nal S s. m. 1. A tube, spout, joint of bamboo or other hollow wood. 2. The bamboo which fowlers use to entangle game by applying birdlime to the top of it. نل چلانا nal-chalānā, Setting the bamboos in motion, denotes a ma- gical practice adopted for the discovery of theft. Two pieces of split bamboo, of equal lengths, are applied to one another side by side, and held by two men, one at each end. It is said that any persons taken at random may be em- ployed for this purpose. Then the magician pronounces certain incantations, the efficacy of which is pretended to be such, that the bam- boos spontaneously move towards the place where the thief or the stolen goods are, and drag the men along with them. نل در نل nal dar nal, One tube within another. 3. Name of a king, and hero of several poetical works fa- mous among the Hindūs.

نسيان nisyān A (from نسي Heb. ) s. m. Obli- vion, forgetfulness. ¶ nasyān, adj. Very for- getful. A. P. نسياني nasyān-ī, s. f. Forgetfulness.

نتيکريا नित्यक्रिया nitya-kriyā S s. f. The constant or daily ceremonies of religion, the re- ligious duties which are of constant recurrence.

ناسنا nāsnā S̱. (नाशन r. णश Disappear, cease to be, perish) 1. v. n. To flee, to run away. 2. v. a. To destroy.

نسکپٿ niskapaṭ S̱. (निष्कपट from निर् prep. and कपट Fraud) adj. Without fraud or deceit; open, artless, sincere, honest.

نودهہ naudha S̱. (from नव New, and ऊढ Borne) s. m. A young plant or fresh shoot or branch of a plant.

نسپريـﮩ ni-sprīh S̱. (prop. nispr̤iha निःस्पृह) adj. Exempt from desires.

نواسي nawāsī S̱. or nauwāsī (नवाशीति) Eighty nine. ¶ s. nivās-ī (निवासी) An inhabitant.