پشتاره pusht-āra P s. m. A load borne on the back.

پچکنا pichaknā H v. n. 1. To be squeezed. 2. To be shrivelled.

پراچت parāchit प्रायश्चित्त S̱. s. m. A fine or penance imposed on religious occasions as the price of absolution, atonement, expiation.

پنچاگن पंचाग्नि panchāgni S s. Five fires (a- midst which a devotee performs penance during the summer season; or four fires lighted seve- rally to the north, south, east, and west, and the sun over head).

پدري pidar-ī P adj. Paternal.

پنواري paṅwārī S̱. or paṅwāṛī (पर्णवाटी) s. f. A betel garden.

پـﮩنانا pahnānā S̱. or pahinānā (causal of پـﮩنا pa- hannā, q. v.) v. a. To dress, to cause to put on.

پٿيت paṭait S̱. (from پٿا) s. m. A cudgeller.

پهوهڙا phūhṛā H adj. Talking obscenely.

پختري puḵẖtarī P s. f. 1. Cakes (or bread) which are laid over dishes when bringing to table, and under which the meat is kept warm. 2. Cakes imbued with clarified butter from being laid over certain greasy dishes, such as dopiyāza, &c. (These cakes are very soft and savoury; whence) ماماپختريان کهانا māmā puḵẖ- tariyāṅ khānā, To eat cakes of this description prepared by his mother, is applied to a person accustomed to luxury and incapable of labour or fatigue.