پريکشا parīksh̤ā S s. f. See پريچها parīchh̤ā.

پهرپهند pharphand H s. m. Deceit, trick, wickedness.

پوس pūs पौष S̱. s. m. The name of the ninth solar month, the full moon of which is near पुष्य three stars in Cancer. December-January.

پنيا paniyā पानीय S̱. s. m. 1. Water. 2. A water-snake or any thing living in water.

پشنگ pashang P s. Name of the father and of the son of Afrāsiyāb, also of a warriour of Īrān, a long piercing instrument with which builders make holes in walls, a woollen cloth or a plank prepared with a piece of wood at each end on which bricks, clay, &c. are drawn, tyranny, op- pression, labour, exuding (of water, &c.).

پنجاب panj-āb P (پنج آب) s. m. Name of a country. (Sans. पंचनद).

پنجه panja P s. m. 1. A hand with the five fingers extended, claw, clutch, paw, grasp. 2. A sort of link or torch resembling the five fin- gers, which is also called پنج شاخه panj-shāḵẖa. 3. A hand made of ivory, &c. to scratch the back with. پنجه پهيرنا panja phernā, To over- come, to overpower. پنجه کرنا panja karnā, A kind of wrestling, wherein the antagonists lock their fingers together. پنجه کش panja- kash, 1. s. m. An iron instrument resembling a hand, with which wrestlers exercise themselves by locking their fingers into those of the instru- ment. 2. (A kind of bread) bearing the marks of five fingers.

پرا परा parā S prep. in compos. Back, back- ward, reverse, over. (Greek para).

پشاب pishāb S̱. s. m. Urine. See پيشاب peshāb.

پجنا pujnā S̱. (r. पूर Fill) v. n. To be filled or completed.