پرمان परिमाण परि and r. मा Measure parimāṇ S. s. m. Proportion, quantity, dose.

پنچ पंच panch S 1. adj. Five. 2. s. m. A council, an assembly, a meeting, a company. 3. Arbitrators. پنچ پلو पंचपल्लव panch pal- lav, The branches of five trees which are used in religious ceremonies. پنچ شاکها पंचशाखा panch-shākhā (Pers. پنج شاخه) see پنجه panja, sign. 2. پنچ پريا panch-piriyā, 1. Any person, Hindū or other, who worships the five pīrs or saints of the Musalmāns. 2. A cast of ḥalāl- ḵẖors. پنچ پاتر पंचपात्र panch-pātr, s. m. A kind of vessel used by Hindūs during worship.

پنـﮩارا panhārā पानीयहर S̱. s. m. A man who carries water in pots on his head.

پيراٴي pairāʼī H (from پيرنا) s. f. 1. Place of swim- ming or distance over which it is necessary to swim. 2. Art of swimming. 3. Wages for teaching to swim.

پوٿکي pūṭkī H s. f. A term of abuse.

پيٿوکها peṭaukhā S̱. s. m. A looseness, purging, flux.

پهروها pharūhā H s. m. An instrument for raking together.

پڙهوانا paṛhwānā S̱. (caus. of پڙهنا) v. a. To cause to read or repeat, to teach to read.

پرهيز parhez P (from پرهيختن or پرهيزيدن) s.m. Ab- stinence, forbearance, continence, abstaining or keeping aloof, control of the passions, caution, sobriety. بدي پرهيز badī-parhez, Abstaining from evil. پرهيزکرنا parhez karnā, v. a. 1. To control oneʼs passions. 2. To abstain (from), to keep aloof, or be on oneʼs guard (from), to avoid. 3. To observe a regimen.

پهسکانا phaskānā H (trans. of پهسکنا) v. a. 1. To burst, to split, to break. 2. To loosen, to slacken.