نرچا nirchā H s. m. A kind of greens. (Cor- chorus capsularis).

ناگـﮩان nāgahān P adj. Sudden. adv. Suddenly.

نيجانا nai jānā S̱. (r. णम Bend) v. n. To stoop.

نندي नन्दी nandī S s. m. The name of one of Sivaʼs chief attendants.

ن nūn The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic and twenty-ninth of the Persian alphabet, corre- sponds to न in Sanskrit. It is one of the dental letters, and has the sound of the English n, with the following exceptions. 1. When it is quiescent in the middle or end of a word, and follows a madda or simple long vowel, it has a very slight nasal sound; as, in زبون Bad, زمان Time, زمين The earth, ماندن To remain: this is called نون غنب nūn-i-g̠ẖunna. If, how- ever, the word at the end of which it occurs be so placed in composition that the ن become moveable by iẓāfat, it ceases to be nasal and resumes its original sound as a dental letter. 2. When it precedes ب or پ it has the sound of m; as, in منبر mimbar, A pulpit; سنپت

نک nak S̱. 1. in compos. (for ناک nāk, q. v.) Nose; as, نک گهسني nak-ghisnī, s. Rubbing the nose on the ground in prostration, or by way of humiliation. 2. s. (dakh.) Nail: see نکهـ nakh.

نقرﺉ nuḳra-ī A. adj. Made of silver, silver; white (in colour, a horse).

ناکا nākā नक्र S̱. s. m. An alligator.

نچنا nuchnā H (intrans. of نوچنا) v. n. To be pinched or scratched.

نمازي namāz-ī P 1. s. m. A person who prays. 2. adj. Relating to prayers. 3. Devout, or in the constant habit of praying.