پرمانک pramānik S̱. (प्रामाणिक see پرمان) 1. adj. Proper, creditable. 2. Reverend. 3. s. m. Chairman of an assembly, (in Bengal) a chief of a tribe among the inferiour casts.

پرسش pursish P (from پرسيدن) s. f. Inquiry (generally, after health, &c.), interrogation, questioning.

پنـﮩ‍ي panhī पन्नद्धी S̱. s. f. A slipper.

پلا pillā S̱. (पिल्ल Blear-eyed) s. m. A puppy, whelp, cub. حرامي پلا ḥarāmī pillā, A bastard.

پچهوري pichhaurī H s. f. Dimin. of پچهورا pich- haurā, q. v.

پيٿهـ pīṭh पृष्ठ S̱. s. f. The back. پيٿهـ پرهاتهـ پهيرنا pīṭh par hāth phernā, To pat on the back, to encourage. پيٿهـ پهيرنا pīṭh phernā, To turn oneʼs back, to depart, to flee, to leave, to with- draw. پيٿهـ ٿهوکنا pīṭh ṭhoknā, To animate, en- courage. پيٿهـ دينا pīṭh denā, 1. To run away, to flee, to turn tail. 2. To turn, to shrink from, to veer. 3. To turn away in displeasure. پيٿهـ کي پيچهي پڙنا pīṭh ke pīchhe paṛnā, To take re- fuge or shelter. پيٿ کي پيچهي ڐال لينا pīṭh ke pīchhe ḍāl lenā, To protect, to defend. پيٿهـ لگانا pīṭh lagānā, To throw down in wrestling. پيٿهـ لگنا pīṭh lagnā, 1. To have a sore on the back (a horse). 2. To mount or to back a horse.

پڙهن paṛhan पठन S̱. s. f. The act of reading.

پاک pāk P adj. Pure, clean, holy, innocent, spotless, inmaculate, fair.

پرگاچهـ pargāchh H s. m. Epidendron: see باندا bāndā. (Banglā).

پالک جوهي pālak-jūhī H s. f. Name of a medi- cinal tree. (Justicia nasuta, also Ixora undulata. Roxb.).