پروهت पुरोहित पुरस् Before, formerly, and हित Appointed, employed purohit S. or pro- hit, s. m. A family priest conducting all the ce- remonials and sacrifices of a house or family.

پکا pakkā पक्व S̱. adj. 1. Ripe, mature, matured. 2. Boiled, dressed (opposite to raw), cooked, baked (as bricks), made of brick. 3. Cunning, knowing, instructed, firm, strong, proved, expert. پکاکرنا pakkā karnā, To establish a claim, agree- ment, or proposition, so that no doubt or subject of dispute can remain.

پروسنا parosnā परिवेषण S̱. v. a. To serve up dinner, to distribute food to guests, &c.

پکار pukār H s. f. Bawl, calling out aloud, cry, call.

پيلو pelū S̱. (from پيلنا) adj. A wrestler.

پهرهري pharahrī H 1. s. m. A vane, a pennant. 2. adj. Half-dried.

پنچورا panchorā H s. m. An earthen vessel with a narrow neck and a hole in the bottom. When filled with water and the mouth stopped, no water flows from the hole below till the hand or whatever stopped the mouth be removed. (It is used as an experiment to illustrate the doc- trine of the horror vacui by the followers of Aristotle).

پرتم pirtam H s. (dakh.) See جـﮩان jahān, World.

پيشوري peshaur-ī P. s. f. 1. A kind of slipper made in Peshaur. 2. A kind of rice.

پکهاوج pakhāwaj H s. f. A kind of drum, a tim- brel.