پوشن posh̤aṇ S s. m. See پوکهن pokh̤aṇ.

پند pand P s. m. Advice, admonition, counsel. پندگو pand-go, Adviser, monitor.

پتهرانا pathrānā S̱. (from پتهر) v. n. 1. To be petri- fied. 2. To become hard (a bile), to indurate. آنکهـ پتهراني See under آنکهـ.

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.

پارل pāral पाटल S̱. s. m. Name of a plant. (Bignonia chelonoides, or Bignonia suaveolens. Roxb.).

پيرا pairā P (from پيراستن) part. in compos. Adorning, decorating, adorned with.

پک पिक pik S s. m. Name of a bird, the kokil or koyal, black or Indian cuckoo. (Cuculus Indicus. This bird makes a prominent figure in Hindū

پلوٿها palauṭhā H adj. First-born. (q. d. پـﮩ‍لااٿها pahlā uṭhā).

پرگهٿي parghaṭī S̱. s. f. 1. (प्रघटी) A mould in which silver or gold is cast previous to working it. 2. (corruption of प्रकटता) Apparency, clearness.

پيران pīrān P s. m. Charity-lands (bestowed on the poor in honour of a saint).