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.

نکس naks A s. m. Inclining downward, inverting, placing topsyturvy.

نوپر नूपुर nūpur S s. f. A ring hollowed, about a finger and a half in breadth, used as an orna- ment for the ankles and toes. (In it are bits of copper or iron, of the size of a vetch, which cause it to sound like a number of small bells, when the wearer walks).

نمر namr S (नम्र) adj. 1. Bending. 2. (met.) Courteous. ¶ ni-mar, adj. Immortal.

نماي numāʼe P part. act. (from نمودن) in com- pos. Showing, exhibiting, appearing.

ناوک nāwak P s. f. 1. A sort of arrow. 2. A tube, canal. 3. A beeʼs sting. 4. The tube through which an arrow is projected. ناوک انداز nāwak-andāz, An archer. S̱. P. ناون nāʼoṅ, s. m. Name. See نانو nāṅw.

ناﺆ nāʼo S̱. s. m. (dakh.) See نانو nāṅw.

نباش nabbāsh A (adj. superl. of نبش) s. m. A digger up of buried bodies.

ناپت नापित nāpit S s. m. A barber, a shaver, a surgeon.

نامزد nām-zad P adj. Destined, declared, ap- pointed, named; s. A betrothed damsel.