پرکهانا parkhānā S̱. (causal of پرکهنا q. v.) v. a. To cause to inspect, examine, try or prove.

پاٿا pāṭā पट्ट S̱. s. m. A plank on which washer- men beat clothes.

پشواز pishwāz P s. f. See پيشواز peshwāz.

پوٿلا poṭlā H s. m. A large bundle.

پنجم panjum P adj. Fifth.

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

پنج panj P adj. 1. Five. (Sans. पंच). 2. Of seven years old (a horse). نئي پنج naye panj, Of five years old. ملي پنج male panj, Of ten years old. (These phrases are applied to horses only). پنجروزه panj-roza, The space of five days. پنج عيب شرعي panj-aﻌib-i-sharʼīﻌ. adj. Very vicious (possessed of five vices, i. e. 1. Robbery. 2. Adultery. 3. Gaming. 4. Drunk- enness. 5. Falsehood). پنج آيت panj-āyat, The five chapters of the ḳurʼān, which are read during the mourning of a Musalmān. پنج تن پاک panj tan-i-pāk, Five holy persons (i. e. 1. Muhammad. 2. Alī. 3. Fātima. 4. Hasan.

پهلکارنا phulkārnā S̱. (from फुल्ल Blossom, and r. कृ Make) v. n. To inflate, to swell out (as a snakeʼs hood), to expand.

پژمرده pazhmurda P part. pass. Withered, pallid, faded, decayed, drooping, blighted.

پلنا palnā S̱. (पलन r. पल Preserve) v. n. To be reared, nourished or fattened, to thrive.