نيمه nīma P s. m. A garment like a jāma, but not so full at the breast, or with less cloth in the skirt. نيمه آستين nīma-āstīn, Half-sleeved, a particular kind of jacket. (It reaches to below the knee, is single-breasted, and fastened above by one button in the centre of the chest: it has short sleeves. Qanoon-e-islam). نيمه شام nīma-shām, Evening.

نہير nahiyar H s. f. Wifeʼs family.

نصيري nuṣairī A s. m. A mahometan sectary who believes in the divinity of Aﻌlī.

نقاره naḳāra A or naḳḳāra (from نقر Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. A kettledrum. نقاره بجاتي پهرنا naḳāra bajāte phirnā (dakh. i. q. مشـﮩور کرنا) To publish, make celebrated (?).

نصف niṣf A adj. 1. Half. 2. Middle aged. نصف النـﮩار nis̤fu-n-nahār, Midday.

ناگـﮩان nāgahān P adj. Sudden. adv. Suddenly.

نبهاؤ nibhāʼo S̱. s. (dakh.) Guarding, accomplish- ment.

ناگاهي nā-gāh-ī P adj. Sudden.

نکاره na-kāra P (نه for نا neg. pref. and کار Business) adj. Worthless, useless, invalid. See ناکاره nā-kāra.

نسترن nastaran P s. m. 1. The white rose of India. (Rosa glandulifera: Roxb.). 2. Name of a kind of cloth.