پاتر pātar H or pātur, 1. s. f. A prostitute, a dancing girl. 2. adj. Weak, lean.

پرست parast P part. (in compos.) Adorer, wor- shipper; devoted to, attentive to; as, آتش پرست ātash-parast, A worshipper of fire; a guebre of the sect of Abraham, Zoroaster or the Magi. بت پرست but-parast, An idolater, worshipper of idols. خداپرست ḵẖudā-parast, A wor- shipper of God. خودپرست ḵẖụd-parast, A worshipper or admirer of self; self-conceited.

پرسرمي परिश्रमी parisramī S (from پرسرم) adj. Active, laborious.

پچهويا puchhwaiyā S̱. (from پوچهنا) s. m. An in- quirer. S. پچهي पक्षी (from पक्ष A side, party, wing) pachchh̤ī, s. m. 1. An ally, an assistant, fa- vourer, an advocate, a patron. 2. A bird.

پرکاجي parkāj-ī S̱. adj. Attentive to the business or interest of others, serving others, beneficent.

پهيکا phīkā H adj. 1. Weak, vapid, tasteless, insipid. 2. Pale, sallow, light (in colour).

پيڙها pīṛhā पीठ S̱. s. m. A stool or chair.

پهٿ phiṭ H s. Curse, malediction. adv. Fy! پهٿ پهٿ phiṭ phiṭ, Curse on it! fy upon it!

پرچهتي parchhatī परिच्छत्री S̱. s. f. A small thatch thrown over mud walls.

پهلانا phalānā S̱. (फालन or caus. of پهلنا) v. a. To cause to produce, to fructify.