پرور parwar P part. act. and pass. (from پروردن) used in compos. A patron, protector, nourisher, cherisher: educated, cherished. As, غريب پرور g̠ẖarīb-parwar, Cherisher of the poor. سايه پرور sāya-parwar, adj. Educated in the shade or at home; soft, delicate, knowing little of the world.

پرور parwar S̱. (Sans. पटोल) s. m. Name of a kind of gourd. (Trichosanthes dioica. Roxb.). See پلول palwal.

پرورد parward P (from پروردن) 1. adj. Bred, reared, brought up, nou- rished. 2. (used substantively) A slave.

پروردني parwardan-ī P adj. To be bred or nou- rished or fostered.

پرورده parwarda P (from پروردن) 1. adj. Bred, reared, brought up, nou- rished. 2. (used substantively) A slave.

پروردگار parwardi-gār P (from پروردن) s. m. An epithet of the deity, nourisher (of all).

پرورش parwarish P (from پروردن) s. f. Fostering, nourishment, maintenance, support, sustenance, rearing, patronising, breeding, education, protec- tion, patronage. پرورش کرنا parwarish karnā, To foster, patronise, nourish, cherish, maintain, nurse, educate, bring up, rear, support, &c.

پروري parwar-ī P s. f. in compos. Fostering, nou- rishing, cherishing, &c.