پرستار parastār P (from پرستيدن) s. m. 1. An adorer. 2. A slave.

پوتهي pothī पुस्ती S̱. s. f. A book.

پهنسانا phansānā S̱. (caus. of پهنسنا) v. a. To cause to be ensnared, caught or involved (in), &c. to entrap.

پارس پتهل pāras-patthal S̱. (स्पर्शप्रस्तर) s. m. The philosopherʼs stone.

پتوهو patohū S̱. (पुत्रबधू) s. f. Daughter-in-law, sonʼs wife.

پچهواڙا pichhwāṛā S̱. (from پيچها q. v.) s. m. The rear, rearward, the back part. adj. Hinder, hindmost, hindermost, in the rear, abaft.

پچهڙنا pachhaṛnā H v. n. To fall, to tumble down. پچهڙجانا pachhaṛ jānā, v. n. To be overcome.

پوني paune S̱. (see پون paun) adj. One quarter less (either of one, or of the aggregate number which may follow).

پنياٴي punyāʼī S̱. (from पुण्य) s. f. 1. A vir- tuous action, performed (according to those who hold the doctrine of the metempsychosis) in one state of existence, the reward of which is received in a future transmigration. 2. Merit of an ancestor rewarded in his descendants.

پسمانده pas-mānda P part. Remaining behind; a remaining person, a surviver.