پلاس पलाश palās S s. m. Name of a tree on which the lac insects feed. (Butea frondosa).

پانوڙا pāṅwṛā S̱. s. m. A cloth or carpet spread to walk on.

پال pāl H s. m. f. 1. A sail. 2. A small tent. 3. Layers of straw, leaves, &c. between which unripe mangos are ripened.

پتيلا patīlā H s. m. A pan, a pot.

پرچها parchhā H s. m. 1. Self-sown paddy (rice). 2. A spindle for winding thread on. 3. Same as پهرچا pharchā, q. v.

پختري puḵẖtarī P s. f. 1. Cakes (or bread) which are laid over dishes when bringing to table, and under which the meat is kept warm. 2. Cakes imbued with clarified butter from being laid over certain greasy dishes, such as dopiyāza, &c. (These cakes are very soft and savoury; whence) ماماپختريان کهانا māmā puḵẖ- tariyāṅ khānā, To eat cakes of this description prepared by his mother, is applied to a person accustomed to luxury and incapable of labour or fatigue.

پران प्राण parān S or prāṇ, s. m. 1. Breath. 2. Soul, life. 3. Sweetheart, mistress. پرانپت prān-pati, Soulʼs lord.

پست past P adj. Low, abject, lower, below. پست فطرت past-fit̤rat, adj. Of inferiour un- derstanding, low, base. پست همت past him- mat, adj. Low-minded, mean-spirited, un- ambitious. پست همتي past-himmat-ī, s. f. Low-mindedness, mean-spiritedness. پست وبلندديکهنا past o buland dekhnā, To consider and take precautions against the vicissitudes of for- tune.

پهل بجهول phal-bujhauwal S̱. s. m. The name of a game (called also Mankelā): "think of a num- ber, double it, add ten to it, take five from it, &c. how much remains?" "twenty one," "the number was eight."

پجر pajar H s. (dakh.) See تراوش tarāwish and منبع mambaﻌ.