نقوش nuqūsh
A نقوش nuqūsh, s.m. pl. (of naqsh, q.v.), Paintings, pictures; ornamental designs;—engravings;—inscriptions.
نقش naqsh inf. n. of نقش 'to paint,' c.
A نقش naqsh (inf. n. of نقش 'to paint,' &c.), s.m. Painting; colouring; drawing; designing, &c.;—delineation;—embroidery;—a painting, a picture; portrait; drawing; a print; a carving, an engraving; a map, or plan (com naqsha); a design;—an impression; a stamp; a mark;—a magic square;—a charm;—a style of singing, or a kind of song (invented by the people of Khurāsāṇ):—naqsh biṭhānā (with loc.) To make a strong impression (on); to establish (one's) rule or authority (in or over):—naqsh-band, adj. & s.m. Designing, planning, forming, inventing; creating;—a painter; delineator, designer; creator;—adorner; embroiderer;—a magic square; a charm:—naqsh-bandī, s.f. The art of painting, &c.;—painting; embroidering, &c.;—description:—naqsh-bandī, or naqsh-bandiyā, s.m. A class of religious mendicants who walk the streets at night (cf. ćarāg̠ī):—naqsh-ě-pā, s.m. Footstep, foot-print; track:—naqsh-dār, adj. Having designs (on it), carved; engraved; ornamented:—naqsh-ě-dīwār, adj. 'Like a picture on a wall'; like a statue; stock-still; staggered, thunderstruck, confounded:—naqsh-t̤arāzī, s.f. Adorning with paintings or designs, or embroidery, &c.:—naqsh-kaʼl-ḥajar (i.q. kaʼn-naqsh fiʼl-ḥajar), adj. 'Like an engraving in stone'; indelible;—s.m. An indelible mark:—naqsh karnā, v.t. To imprint, impress (on, -par), to stamp; to engrave; to adorn with designs:—naqsh-o-nigār, s.m. Decoration, embellishment;—designs; decorations, ornaments;—paintings, pictures:—naqsh ho-jānā (-par), To be impressed, or stamped, or engraved, &c. (on).
