نقش naḳsh A s. m. Painting, embroidering, print, impression, mark, engraving, carving, picture, drawing, delineation, map, portrait. نقش بند naḳsh-band, part. Creating, imagining; creator, imaginer, embroiderer, painter. نقش پا naḳsh-i-pā, Footstep. نقش ديوار naḳsh-i-dīwār, Thun- derstruck, confounded so as to appear like a picture on the wall. نقش کالحجر naḳsh ka-l-ḥajar, or more properly کالنقش في الحجر ka-n- naḳsh fi-l-ḥajar (lit. Like an engraving in stone) Indelible. نقش کرنا naḳsh-karnā, To imprint, impress, engrave, stamp. نقشا بندي naḳsh-ā- bandī, s. A sort of faḳīr. (Qanoon-e-islam).

نبيره nabīra P s. m. A grandson, sonʼs son.

نبرد nabard P s. m. Battle, engagement, war.

نواس निवास nivās S s. m. Dwelling, residence.

نيفا nefā P. (prop. نيفه) s. m. A breeches belt, the part of the drawers through which the string runs to tie them round the loins with.

نٿاگي naṭ-āgī S̱. s. (dakh.) Deceit, fraud, knavery, guile (Harris).

ناٿا nāṭā H adj. Dwarf, dwarfish, dapper, short.

نبهاڙنا nibhāṛnā S̱. v. a. (dakh.) See نباڙنا nibāṛ- nā, and نباهنا nibāhnā.

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

نگر नगर nagar S s. m. A city, a town. نگر ناري nagar-nārī, s. f. A courtezan.