پهراٿا pharrāṭā S̱. (r. स्फुर Start, throb) s. m. 1. A piece of bamboo. 2. A sound made by the flying of a flag or the breathing of a horse.

پهڙانا phaṛānā S̱. (स्फाटन or caus. of پهاڙنا q. v.) v. a. To cause to be torn, split or cleaved.

پرنام प्रणाम प्र and r. णम Bow praṇām S. or parnām, s. m. Salutation, bow, obeisance.

پرکنا paraknā H v. n. To be habituated, to ac- quire a habit.

پراتن purātan S (पुरातन) adj. Old, an- cient.

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

پيپلامول pīplā-mūl S̱. (पिप्पलीमूल) s. m. The root of the long pepper-tree.

پياده piyāda P (Sans. पदाति) s. m. A foot- man, one on foot, a foot soldier, a pawn at chess. پياده پا piyāda-pā, adv. A foot, on foot. پياده پائي piyāda-pā-ī, s. f. The being a foot, tra- velling on foot.

پرگاه pargāh P s. Sticks and straw; a worthless thing.

پاستان pāstān P adj. Old, ancient, past.