نسرين nasrain A s. dual. (of نسر) The constel- lations of the eagle and the lyre. See under نسر nasr.

نفوس nufūs A s. plur. (of نفس nafs) Souls, spirits.

نسندهاٴي nisandhāʼī S̱. s. f. Solidity.

نصاب niṣāb A (from نصب Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. 1. A root, origin, principle. 2. Dignity, fortune. 3. Capital, principal, property. 4. A certain estate or number of cattle for which a tax is paid. نصاب الصبيان niṣābu-ṣ-ṣibyān (lit. the capital stock of children) The title of an Arabic Vocabulary with Persian translation in rhyme.

ناسک नाशक nāsak S s. m. A destroyer.

نگـﮩ nigah P contract. of نگاه nigāh, q. v.

نجابت najābat A (from نجب) s. f. Nobleness, generosity, gentility, nobility.

نيرتهہ nīrath निरर्थक S̱. adj. Fruitless, pro- fitless, vain.

نچوڙنا nichoṛnā H v. a. To wring, squeeze, press, strain, express, extort, to exact.

نيارا nyārā निरालय S̱. 1. adj. Apart, aloof, separate, distinct, different, extraordinary, un- common. 2. s. m. The scoria left after refining gold, silver, or other metals, from which a minute portion of those metals is obtainable. نياري nyāre, adv. Apart.