نکتي niktī H s. f. A balance, small scales. ¶ nuktī (dakh.) A kind of sweetmeat. (Qanoon-e-islam).

نيڙي neṛe S̱. (see نيري nere) adv. (dakh.) 1. Near. 2. Under the protection: see پناه panāh.

نداف naddāf A (adj. superl. of ندف Heb. ) s. m. A cotton-dresser.

نباض nabbāẓ A (adj. superl. of نبض) s. m. One who feels the pulse, a physician.

نرغا narg̠ẖā U s. m. 1. Surrounding. نرغا کرنا narg̠ẖā karnā, To surround. 2. (dakh.) A kind of long drum much broader in the centre than at either end. (Qanoon-e-islam).

نستارنا nistārnā निस्तारण S̱. v. a. To release,

نس निश् nis S (or nisi), s. f. Night. نسچر nis-char, s. m. A prowler: see نساچر beneath. نسچراٴي nis- char-āʼī, s. f. Prowling. نسچراٴي کرنا nis-char-āʼī karnā, To prowl. نساچر निशाचर nisā-char, 1. A demon. 2. A robber, a thief. 3. A noc- turnal animal, an animal that watches and feeds by night. نساکر يا نساناتهـ निशाचर nisā-kar, or निशानाथ nisā-nāth, The moon.

نوارنا nawārnā H v. n. 1. To travel, to walk, to wander, to stray. 2. To go round, to surround.

نبيڙا nibeṛā S̱. (from نبيڙنا) s. m. End, finishing.

نيل بڙي nīl baṛī नीलवटी S̱. s. f. A lump of indigo. S̱. P. نيلک नीलक nīlak, 1. adj. Blue (stained or died blue). 2. s. m. One of the terms used in bīj gaṇit as we use the letters a, b, x, y, in algebra.