نہي nahī A s. f. Prohibition, an interdict.

نرجن निर्जन nir-jan S adj. Without a person or individual, desert, uninhabited.

نواخته nawāḵẖta P (part. pass. of نواختن) adj. Protected, reared, cherished.

نربندهو निर्बंधु nir-bandhu S adj. Friendless, without relations.

نصيب naṣīb A (from نصب Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. Fortune, lot, luck, chance, portion, part, fate, destiny. (In Hindūstānī this word is often constructed as a plural). نصيب لڙني na- ṣīb laṛne, 1. To be competitor for any thing. 2. (lit. fortune fighting for one) The commence- ment of prosperity, to be greatly favoured by fortune (after adversity). نصيب جگنا naṣīb jagnā, To be fortunate.

نادري nādir-ī A. s. f. A rarity, rarity, choiceness.

ناگر موتها nāgar-mothā नागरमुस्तक S̱. s. m. Name of a sweet smelling grass. (Cyperus pertenuis: Roxb.). (Cyperus juncifolius or rush-leaved cyperus: Qanoon-e-islam, gloss. p. lxxvi).

نخشب naḵẖshab P n. prop. Name of a city in Turkistan, famous for the appearance of the moon which the impostor Muḳannaﻌ caused to ascend from a pit in its neighbourhood, during the space of two months.

نفيس nafīs A (from نفس Heb. and Aram. ) adj. Precious, delicate, exquisite, choice.

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