نيستان nai-istān P or nai-stān (comp. of ي Reed, and استان or ستان Place) s. m. 1. A sugar plantation, field of sugar-cane. 2. A place where canes or reeds grow.

نساٴي nisāʼī A adj. Of women.

نقش naḳsh A s. m. Painting, embroidering, print, impression, mark, engraving, carving, picture, drawing, delineation, map, portrait. نقش بند naḳsh-band, part. Creating, imagining; creator, imaginer, embroiderer, painter. نقش پا naḳsh-i-pā, Footstep. نقش ديوار naḳsh-i-dīwār, Thun- derstruck, confounded so as to appear like a picture on the wall. نقش کالحجر naḳsh ka-l-ḥajar, or more properly کالنقش في الحجر ka-n- naḳsh fi-l-ḥajar (lit. Like an engraving in stone) Indelible. نقش کرنا naḳsh-karnā, To imprint, impress, engrave, stamp. نقشا بندي naḳsh-ā- bandī, s. A sort of faḳīr. (Qanoon-e-islam).

نشيده निषेध nish̤edh S s. f. Prohibition, ne- gation.

نجهانا nijhānā H v. a. To spy, observe, behold.

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

نسلي nasl-ī A. adj. Of family.

نما namā A (vulg. numā) s. f. Increase, in- creasing.

ناس nās S̱. 1. s. f. (नस्य) Snuff. ناسدان nās- dān, A snuffbox. 2. s. m. (नाश) Non-exist- ence, annihilation, death.

ننگ nang S̱. (नग्न) adj. 1. Naked. 2. Shameless. ننگا خهوري nan- gā-jhūrī, s. f. Searching, examining (as, people leaving a work-shop to prevent pilfering). ننگا سر nangā sir, Bareheaded. ننگا کرنا nangā karnā, To bare, to uncover. ننگا مادرزار nangā