نگين nagīn P s. m. See نگ nag, signif. 2.

ناظر nāz̤ir A part. act. (of نظر Heb. and Aram. for ) 1. Seeing, looking, regarding, ob- serving, inspecting, beholder. (Plur. ناظرين Beholders, spectators). 2. s. m. An inspector, superintendent, a guard, keeper, supervisor, ob- server. 3. An officer employed in a judicial

نيت nīyat A (from نوي) s. f. Intention, design, will, purpose, desire, wish, aim.

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.

نوماسا nau-mās-ā S̱. (from नव Nine, and मास Month) s. m. Name of a feast given in the ninth month of pregnancy.

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.

نينا nainā H s. m. A tether.

نيست nest P (Sans. नास्ति Is not) Nought,

ناونا nāwnā नमन S̱. v. a. 1. To bend down- wards, to bow. 2. To cause to submit to, to cause to stoop.

نکهـ سکهـ nakh sikh S̱. From top to toe, or from the (toe) nails to the hair on the crown of the head.