نده निधि nidhi S s. m. 1. A treasure of Kuvera the god of riches. 2. A treasure, any sum or quantity of wealth or valuables, a col- lection.

نٿ کهٿي naṭ-khaṭ-ī S. s. f. Trick, roguery, artifice, artfulness.

نيار nyār S̱. (न्याद Food) s. m. Forage, fodder, food of cattle.

نپٿنا nipaṭnā H v. n. To terminate, to be finished.

نقيض naḳīẓ A (from نقض analog. to Chald. ) 1. adj. Adverse, contrary, opposite. 2. s. m. An enemy.

ن nūn The twenty-fifth letter of the Arabic and twenty-ninth of the Persian alphabet, corre- sponds to न in Sanskrit. It is one of the dental letters, and has the sound of the English n, with the following exceptions. 1. When it is quiescent in the middle or end of a word, and follows a madda or simple long vowel, it has a very slight nasal sound; as, in زبون Bad, زمان Time, زمين The earth, ماندن To remain: this is called نون غنب nūn-i-g̠ẖunna. If, how- ever, the word at the end of which it occurs be so placed in composition that the ن become moveable by iẓāfat, it ceases to be nasal and resumes its original sound as a dental letter. 2. When it precedes ب or پ it has the sound of m; as, in منبر mimbar, A pulpit; سنپت

نبڙنا nibaṛnā S̱. (निर्वहण or intrans. of نباڙنا nibāṛnā) v. n. To be accomplished, to be spent, to be ended.

نمل namil A adj. Brisk, handy, nimble, ready. ¶ naml (Heb. ) An ant.

نحافت naḥāfat A s. f. Leanness, emaciation.

نوسک nau-sik S̱. s. (dakh.) See نوسکهہ nau-sikh, under نو nau.