پاٿ pāṭ H s. m. 1. Breadth (of cloth or of a river). 2. Tow.

پليت palīt P. adj. For پليد palīd, q. v.

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.

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

پکوڙا pakoṛā S̱. s. m. (पक्ववटी) A kind of dish made of pease-meal.

پنچ panach प्रत्यञ्चा S̱. s. f. A bowstring.

پيکڙها pai-kaṛhā S̱. s. m. 1. Iron chains on a cul- pritʼs legs, fetters. 2. Ornamental rings worn on the ankles.

پـﮩنچانا pahunchānā H (caus. of پـﮩنچنا) v. a. To cause to arrive, convey, transmit, bring, conduct, to cause, to occasion.

پاٴيگاه pāʼe-gāh P s. m. 1. Rank, dignity. 2. A stable.

پت پاپڙا pit-pāpṛā पर्पट S̱. s. m. Name of a medicinal plant. (Oldenlandia biflora).