پذيرا paẕīrā P. (from پذيرفتن) adj. Acceptable, agreeable.

پيراٴي pairāʼī H (from پيرنا) s. f. 1. Place of swim- ming or distance over which it is necessary to swim. 2. Art of swimming. 3. Wages for teaching to swim.

پس وپيش pas-o-pesh P s. m. Evasion, prevarica- tion, hesitation. پس وپيش کرنا pas-o-pesh karnā, v. a. To prevaricate, boggle, demur, doubt.

پرمان परिमाण परि and r. मा Measure parimāṇ S. s. m. Proportion, quantity, dose.

پهينس phenus पीयूष S̱. s. m. Biestings, the milk of a cow, &c. for some days after calving.

پهلي phalī S̱. (from फल) s. f. A cod, a pod (or the seed) of any legumi- nous plant, but particularly of peas. 2. A loop. پهلي کش phalī-kash, s. m. A hook for drawing the strings through the holes by which the walls of a tent are laced to the top.

پٿو paṭṭū S̱. (from पट) s. m. A kind of woollen cloth, a cloth to cover with from rain, &c.

پيام payām P s. m. A message, news, advice, intelligence. See پيغام.

پونو pūnau S̱. (see پورنما) s. f. Day of full moon.

پاٿا pāṭā पट्ट S̱. s. m. A plank on which washer- men beat clothes.