پهوسي phūsī S̱. (बुस or बुष) s. f. Chaff.

پدماوت padmāwat पद्मावती S̱. n. prop. Name of a celebrated princess, whose adventures are related in a romance entitled Padmāwatī.

پاکهنڐ पाषंड pākh̤anḍ S or pāsh̤anḍ, adj. Hypocritical, deceitful, heretical.

پوٿها pūṭhā पट्टिका S̱. s. m. The paper or paste- board cover of a book.

پرشکار परिष्कार parish̤kār S s. m. Decora- tion, embellishment.

پهاگ phāg फल्गु S̱. s. m. 1. Red powder (sprinkled in the time of the Holī). 2. The act of throwing coloured powders in the Holī, the gambols of the Holī.

پلساٿ pilsāṭ S̱. (from پيلا pīlā, q. v.) s. f. Yellowness. P.A. پل سراط pul-sirāt̤, s. m. The bridge over which Musalmāns believe they must pass into paradise.

پيدڙي pīdṛī H s. f. A tomtit.

پشم pashm P s. f. 1. Wool, hair, fur; a thing of no moment. 2. Pubes tum maris tum feminæ. پشم پرمارنا pashm par mārnā, To be perfectly contented and independent, to despise, to dis- regard. پشم سمجهنا pashm samajhnā, To des- pise. پشم نه اکهڙنا pashm na ukhaṛnā, To suffer nothing from the enmity of another, not a hair of the head to be touched. (Spoken in great contempt of an adversary).

پوڙها pauṛhā H adj. Wide, broad.