پيوسته paiwasta P 1. adj. Joined, contiguous. 2. adv. Always, continually. 3. s. m. The year before last. پيوسته ابرو paiwasta-abrū, adj. Whose eyebrows join above the nose.

پهليا phaliyā S̱. (from फल) s. f. A cod, a pod (or the seed) of any legumi- nous plant, but particularly of peas. 2. A loop. پهلي کش phalī-kash, s. m. A hook for drawing the strings through the holes by which the walls of a tent are laced to the top.

پهبنا phabnā H v. n. To become, befit, fit.

پالنا pālnā पालन S̱. 1. v. a. To preserve, pro- tect, bring up, rear, cherish, nourish, breed, educate, patronise. 2. s. m. A cradle.

پڙوسن paṛosin S̱. (पार्श्विनी or प्रतिवेशिनी or प्रतिवासिनी) s. f. A female neighbour.

پهکيت phikait S̱. (from پهينکنا) s. m. A thrower (of a spear, &c.).

پيچ pech P (from پيچيدن) s. m. f. 1. Twist, revo- lution, a coil, a plait, fold. 2. A screw. 3. Perplexity, ambiguity, maze, difficulty, trouble. 4. Deceit. 5. Complication, involution. پيچ اٿهانا pech uṭhānā, To suffer loss or distress. پيچ اکهڙنا pech ukhaṛnā, v. n. To loosen (the twist of any thing). پيچ باندهنا pech bāndhnā, To grapple in wrestling. پيچ پاچ pech-pāch or پيچ پانچ pech-pānch, s. m. Twist, coil, &c. پيچ پڙنا pech paṛnạ̄, To become difficult or intricate, to occur as an obstacle, to be entangled. پيچ چلنا pech chalna, To prevail by stratagem. پيچ چنا pech chunnā, To bind the twists of a turband with care. پيچ دار pech-dār, adj. Twisted, coiled, spiral, crooked, intricate. پيچ درپيچ pech-dar- pech, Coil within coil, entangled, complex, intri- cate. پيچ دينا pech denā, To circumvent, to de- ceive, to twist, to screw, &c. پيچ ڐالنا pech ḍālnā, 1. To throw obstacles in the way. 2. (in playing with paper kites) To entangle the string of an adversaryʼs kite. پيچ کرنا pech karnā, 1. To deceive, to trick, to complicate. 2. To seize in wrestling, to grapple. پيچ کهانا pech khānā, 1. To coil. 2. To be perplexed, to fall into dif- ficulties, to sustain a loss. پيچ کهلنا pech khulnā, To be untwisted or unscrewed. پيچ کهولنا pech

پاٴيخانه pāʼe-ḵẖāna P s. m. A necessary.

پراکرم पराक्रम परा and r. क्रम Step, pace parākram S. s. m. Power, strength, prowess.

پهلوري phulaurī फुल्लवटी S̱. s. f. Bread or cake made of fruit and pulse, and fried in ghī or oil.