نچهتر nachhattar S̱. or nachh̤atra (नक्षत्र) s. m. 1. A lunar mansion or constellation in the moonʼs path, a star or asterism. (Besides the common

نسنٿهـ nisanṭh H adj. Ill-omened.

نهٿانا nhaṭānā H v. a. (dakh. caus. of نهاٿنا nhāṭ- nā) To cause to flee, to put to flight (Harris).

نوانا nawānā S̱. or niwānā (नमन r. नम Bow, bend) v. a. 1. To bend downwards, to bow. 2. To cause to submit to, to cause to stoop. 3. To double, to fold.

نمک namak P s. m. (dakh. nimak) 1. Salt. 2. (met.) Spirit, animation. 3. Bread, subsist- ence. نمک بند namak-band, adj. Stopped or bound up with salt (a wound). نمکچشي na- mak-chashī, The first feeding of a child about six months of age, which is attended with cer- tain ceremonies. (in dakh.) A ceremony of sending trays of food from the bridegroom to the bride, and the contrary, before marriage. نمک حرام namak-ḥarām, Disloyal, wicked, evil, disobedient, perfidious, traitor, ungrateful. نمک حرامي namak-ḥarām-ī, s. f. Perfidy, trea- son, treachery, disloyalty, ingratitude. نمک حلال namak-ḥalāl, Loyal, submissive, faithful, grateful. نمک حلالي namak-ḥalāl-ī, s. f. Fi- delity, loyalty, gratitude. نمک خوار namak- ḵẖẉār, A servant, dependant. نمکدان namak- dān, A saltcellar. نمکسار namaksār, Saline, a salt-pit. نمک کا کنکره حرام هونا namak kā kankra ḥarām honā (dakh. met. for فاقه رهنا) To continue in a fast or fasting, to keep a fast(?). کٿي پر نمک لگانا kaṭe par namak lagānā (lit. to put salt upon a wound) To add one grief or vexation to another.

نفاذ nafāẕ A (from نفذ) s. m. Penetrating, per- vading, piercing; escape from an enemy. adj. Obeyed (an order).

نرکٿ narkaṭ नलकांड S̱. s. m. A reed of which mats are made. (Arundo tibialis: Roxb.).

نخل naḵẖl A s. m. A date tree, a palm tree (and often used for a young tree of any kind), a plant. نخل بند naḵẖl-band, s. m. A gardener, a maker of artificial trees and fruits of wax. نخلبندي naḵẖl-band-ī, A plantation.

نادم nādim A (part. act. of ندم) adj. Bashful, penitent, repenting, abashed, ashamed.

نه नहि nahi S adv. No, not. See نہين.