پرکار parkār P s. f. See پرگار pargār.

پينچنا painchnā H v. a. To winnow.

پنجه panja P s. m. 1. A hand with the five fingers extended, claw, clutch, paw, grasp. 2. A sort of link or torch resembling the five fin- gers, which is also called پنج شاخه panj-shāḵẖa. 3. A hand made of ivory, &c. to scratch the back with. پنجه پهيرنا panja phernā, To over- come, to overpower. پنجه کرنا panja karnā, A kind of wrestling, wherein the antagonists lock their fingers together. پنجه کش panja- kash, 1. s. m. An iron instrument resembling a hand, with which wrestlers exercise themselves by locking their fingers into those of the instru- ment. 2. (A kind of bread) bearing the marks of five fingers.

پترپکهـ pitar-pakh पितृपक्ष S̱. s. m. The first or dark fortnight of the lunar āsin month.

پيلا pīlā पीत S̱. adj. Yellow.

پادنا pādnā पर्द्दन S. v. n. To fart.

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).

پيتامبر पीतांबर pītāmbar S s. m. Silk cloth of a yellow colour; (vulgarly) a silk cloth.

پيٿارتهو peṭārthū S̱. (पेट and अर्थी Desirous, r. अर्थ Ask for) adj. Gluttonous, epicurean.

پهانپنا phāmpnā H v. n. To swell.