پرهيز parhez P (from پرهيختن or پرهيزيدن) s.m. Ab- stinence, forbearance, continence, abstaining or keeping aloof, control of the passions, caution, sobriety. بدي پرهيز badī-parhez, Abstaining from evil. پرهيزکرنا parhez karnā, v. a. 1. To control oneʼs passions. 2. To abstain (from), to keep aloof, or be on oneʼs guard (from), to avoid. 3. To observe a regimen.

پچلونا pach-lonā पंचलवण S̱. s. m. A medicine composed of five kinds of salt.

پهدکنا phudaknā H v. n. To jump, to leap, to hop (applied to small birds), to dance about in token of delight.

پرنيا puraniyā H or purainiyā, s. m. Name of a district and town. (Purneah in Bengal).

پهپولا phapolā S̱. (स्फोट) s. m. A blister. پهپهولي پهوٿني phaphole phūṭne, v. n. To be blistered; it is used to express the mind being blistered, to be afflicted. پهپهولي دل کي پهوڙني phaphole dil ke phoṛne, To satisfy a revenge that has long been rankling in oneʼs breast.

پوري पोरी paurī S s. f. A gate, a door.

پروها parohā परीवाह S̱. s. m. A leathern bucket for drawing water with.

پارساٴي pārsā-ī P s. f. Chastity, purity, absti- nence, continence.

پاک سنڙسي pāk-saṅṛsī H s. f. A table vice, a bench vice. (This is a modern name; for the instrument was introduced by Europeans). P.A. پاک صاف pāk-ṣāf, adj. Pure, clean, undefiled, unpolluted.

پنڐ pinḍ पिंड S̱. s. m. 1. Body, person. پنڐپڙنا pinḍ paṛnā, To follow, to pursue, to be intent on. پنڐچهڙانا pinḍ chhuṛānā, To avoid, to escape. 2. Balls made of flour or rice, at a religious ceremony of Hindūs. (They are after- wards thrown into the river or given to cows).