نقاش naḳḳāsh A (adj. superl. of نقش) s. m. A painter, drawer, draftsman, sculptor, statuary, carver, embroiderer, &c.

نزد nazd P Near, hard by, with, close to, neighbouring, contiguous, almost, about.

نيراٴي niyar-āʼī S̱. s. f. Nearness.

نوري nūrī H s. f. Name of a bird of the parrot kind commonly called lūrī. (Psittacus).

ناظر nāz̤ir A part. act. (of نظر Heb. and Aram. for ) 1. Seeing, looking, regarding, ob- serving, inspecting, beholder. (Plur. ناظرين Beholders, spectators). 2. s. m. An inspector, superintendent, a guard, keeper, supervisor, ob- server. 3. An officer employed in a judicial

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.

نرباه nir-bāh S̱. s. m. See نباه nibāh.

نراس nir-ās S̱. (निराशा) adj. Hopeless.

نزاد nazād P or nizād, See نژاد nizhād.

نکاسي nikās-ī S̱. s. f. Taxes collected on goods passing out of a town, duties, &c. نکاسي کي چٿهي nikās-ī kī chiṭṭhī, s. f. A permit, a pass- port.