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.

نکهارنا nikhārnā H (caus. of نکهرنا) v. a. 1. To strain. 2. To bleach, to clear.

نورس nau-ras P adj. Young, fresh, tender, recent.

نيلام nīlām PORT. (Port. leilám) s. m. Auction.

نخچير naḵẖchīr P s. m. The chase, game, prey, hunting. نخچير گاه naḵẖchīr-gāh, s. f. Place of hunting.

نياٴي nyāʼī न्यायी S̱. s. m. 1. A distributor of justice. 2. A logician.

نہاني nihān-ī P s. f. Concealment. adv. Se- cretly. adj. Occult, secret. اندام نہاني andām- i-nihānī, The private parts.

نوري nūr-ī A adj. Of light, splendid, luminous.

نهاٿو nhāṭū H (from نهاٿنا) s. (dakh.) Runaway, deserter, fugitive (Harris).

نيايش niyāʼịsh P s. f. Benediction, praise.