s. m, Corrupted from the Persian word Namak. Salt; met. bread:—nimik harám, a. Ungrateful, worthless; disloyal, faithless:—nimik harámí, s. f. Ingratitude: disloyalty:—nimik halál, a. Grateful, loyal:—nimik halálí, s. f. Gratitude; loyalty:—nimik guman, s. m. Coarse rock salt of the hills:—nimik kallrí, s. m. A very inferior salt obtained as a bye-product in the manufacture of saltpetre:—nimik manyárí, s. m. Salt residue obtained in glass melting; i. q. Kachlúṉ:—nimik nalí, s. m. Salt fused in long pipes:—nimik safed, s. m. White salt:—nimik sámbhar, s. m. An evaporated salt of extremely pungent taste, prepared from the salt water of the Sambhar lake in Rajputana, and also from brine wells elsewhere:—nimik shíshá, s. m. Crystal salt:—nimik shor. See nimak manyárí:—nimik siṇdá or seṇdhá, s. m. A white salt imported from Sindh:—nimik sauṇchal or kálá nimak is only used as a medicine. It is prepared thus, one maund nimik sámbhar, ¼ seer baheṛá (the fruit of Terminalia beleriea) ¼ seer haraṛ (the fruit of T. chebula) ¼ seer áulá (Emliea officinalis), ¼ seer black sajjí (impure carbonate of Soda.) These are mixed in an earthen pot and scorched till out of 41 seers 35 remain, when the kálá nimik is ready.