نکهارنا nikhārnā H (caus. of نکهرنا) v. a. 1. To strain. 2. To bleach, to clear.

نسيم nasīm A (from نسم Heb. and Aram. ) s. f. m. A gentle zephyr, fragrant air, a breeze, gale. (Plur. نسايم nasāʼịm). نسيم سحر nasīm-i-saḥar, The morning breeze.

نوشته nawishta P (part. pass. of نوشتن) adj. Written. s. m. A writing, letter, epistle.

نوانوي nau-ā-nawe S̱. adj. (dakh.) Ninety nine: see ننانوي ninānawe.

نره nar-a P or narra, 1. adj. Male. 2. Ugly, abominable, rough. 3. s. The member of ge- neration. 4. A wave or billow (of water). 5. The trunk of a tree. 6. The ward of a key. 7. An hermaphrodite. 8. A beggar.

نزع nazﻌ A s. m. The last breath, the agonies of death, expiration.

نيفا nefā P. (prop. نيفه) s. m. A breeches belt, the part of the drawers through which the string runs to tie them round the loins with.

نسخ nasḵẖ A (Heb. and Chald. ) s. m. 1. Abolition, abrogation, repeal. 2. Transcribing. 3. A kind of Arabic character.

نيسان naisān P s. m. Name of the 7th Syrian month, corresponding to the Persian فروردين and Hindī بيساکهہ baisākh. ابرنيسان abr-i-naisān, or ابرنيساني abr-i-naisānī, 1. The vernal cloud or rain. 2. The rain which falls while the moon is in the mansion swāti; and of which, if it drops into a shell, pearls are formed; but which turns to poison, if it happens to fall into the mouth of a serpent. See سوات swāti.

نکهريکهـ nakh-rekh नखरेखा S̱. s. f. The marks left by the nails, a scratch.