پيشگي peshgī P s. f. An advance (of money).

پارن पारण pāraṇ S s. m. Eating or drinking after a fast.

پوتنا पूतना pūtnā S s. f. Name of a giantess who was killed by Kr̤ish̤ṇa.

پرس paras स्पर्श S̱. s. m. Touch.

پيچ pech P (from پيچيدن) s. m. f. 1. Twist, revo- lution, a coil, a plait, fold. 2. A screw. 3. Perplexity, ambiguity, maze, difficulty, trouble. 4. Deceit. 5. Complication, involution. پيچ اٿهانا pech uṭhānā, To suffer loss or distress. پيچ اکهڙنا pech ukhaṛnā, v. n. To loosen (the twist of any thing). پيچ باندهنا pech bāndhnā, To grapple in wrestling. پيچ پاچ pech-pāch or پيچ پانچ pech-pānch, s. m. Twist, coil, &c. پيچ پڙنا pech paṛnạ̄, To become difficult or intricate, to occur as an obstacle, to be entangled. پيچ چلنا pech chalna, To prevail by stratagem. پيچ چنا pech chunnā, To bind the twists of a turband with care. پيچ دار pech-dār, adj. Twisted, coiled, spiral, crooked, intricate. پيچ درپيچ pech-dar- pech, Coil within coil, entangled, complex, intri- cate. پيچ دينا pech denā, To circumvent, to de- ceive, to twist, to screw, &c. پيچ ڐالنا pech ḍālnā, 1. To throw obstacles in the way. 2. (in playing with paper kites) To entangle the string of an adversaryʼs kite. پيچ کرنا pech karnā, 1. To deceive, to trick, to complicate. 2. To seize in wrestling, to grapple. پيچ کهانا pech khānā, 1. To coil. 2. To be perplexed, to fall into dif- ficulties, to sustain a loss. پيچ کهلنا pech khulnā, To be untwisted or unscrewed. پيچ کهولنا pech

پروانا purwānā S̱. (caus. of پورنا from r. पूर Fill) v. a. To cause to fill.

پاوک पावक pāwak S s. f. Fire.

پرهيزگار parhez-gār P adj. and subst. Abstinent, one who controls his passions, continent, abste- mious, sober.

پندرهوين pandrahwīṅ पंचदशी S̱. s. f. The fifteenth day of a half month, full or new moon.

پرهاري prahārī S (from پرهار) s. m. A striker, smiter, destroyer, debaser, humbler.