Note 559 — SECTION I. FARGHĀNA. (continued 3)
Annette Susannah Beveridge translation
nāwak, a diminutive of nāo, a tube. It is described, in a MS. of Bābur’s time, by Muḥ. Budhā’ī, and, in a second of later date, by Amīnu’d-dīn (AQR 1911, H.B.’s Oriental Cross-bows).