نکهـ nakh P. (corrupt. of نخ) s. m. The string of a paper kite.

نٿ کهٿي naṭ-khaṭ-ī S. s. f. Trick, roguery, artifice, artfulness.

نچويا nachwaiyā S̱. (from ناچ) s. m. A dancer.

نه nuh P adj. Nine. (Sans. नवन्).

ناخدا nāḵẖudā P (comp. of ناو and خدا) s. m. Master or commander of a ship, captain, or supercargo.

نجم najm A s. m. 1. A star, a planet. 2. For- tune. 3. A horoscope, calculation of nativity. Plur. نجوم nujūm, Stars. علم نجوم iﻌlm-i-nujūm, Astrology, astronomy.

نکات nikāt A s. plur. of نکته nukta, q. v.

نفل nafl A s. m. A voluntary act of devotion which may be omitted innocently as not being prescribed, a work of supererogation. ¶ nafal, Plunder (from infidels).

نرسنگا nar-singā नलशृंग S̱. s. m. A horn (mu- sical), a wind instrument. S. نرسنگهـ नरसिंह or नृसिंह nar-singh or nr̤i- singh, s. m. The name of the fourth Avatār or incarnation of Vish̤ṇu, which happened in the Satya-yuga, upon the following occasion. Hiranya-kasipu, an impious prince, was en- raged at his son Prahlād for worshipping the Almighty, and tried every means of destroying him, by poison, by throwing him into fire, into the ocean, &c. yet Prahlād lived. "If your God is present every where," says Hiranya- kasipu, "let him come from an alabaster pil- lar;" on which Nar-singha appeared, with the lower part of a man and the upper of a lion,

نظر naz̤ar A s. f. 1. Sight, vision, look, regard, a glance, view, inspection, observation. 2. Doubt, perplexity. نظر آنا naz̤ar ānā, To come to sight, to appear. نظر انداز naz̤ar-andāz, adj. Reject- ed. نظر باز naz̤ar-bāz, 1. An ogler. 2. A thief- catcher. 3. A juggler. نظر بازي naz̤ar-bāz-ī, s. f. Ogling. نظر بچانا naz̤ar bachānā, To avoid the sight. نظربند naz̤ar-band, 1. s. m. Fasci- nation (of conjurors). 2. adj. Strictly watched (without being imprisoned). نظربندي naz̤ar- band-ī, 1. s. f. Confinement, arrest. 2. Fascina- tion, juggle. نظرثاني naz̤ar-i-s̤ānī, 1. A review or second examination of recruits, at which they are finally past. 2. Revisal of a writing or book. نظرسي گرا دينا naz̤ar se girā denā, To disgrace. نظر کرنا naz̤ar karnā, To look, see, behold, &c. نظرگاه naz̤ar-gāh, Theatre, amphitheatre. نظر ملانا naz̤ar milānā, To compare. نظرونسي گرنا naz̤roṅ se girnā, To be disgraced.