پرهيز parhez P (from پرهيختن or پرهيزيدن) s.m. Ab- stinence, forbearance, continence, abstaining or keeping aloof, control of the passions, caution, sobriety. بدي پرهيز badī-parhez, Abstaining from evil. پرهيزکرنا parhez karnā, v. a. 1. To control oneʼs passions. 2. To abstain (from), to keep aloof, or be on oneʼs guard (from), to avoid. 3. To observe a regimen.

پرهيزي parhez-ī P adj. 1. Fit for a person under a regimen. 2. Same as پرهيزگار q. v.

پرهيزگار parhez-gār P adj. and subst. Abstinent, one who controls his passions, continent, abste- mious, sober.

پرهيزگاري parhezgār-ī P s. f. Abstinence, control of the passions.