پيراهن pairāhan P s. m. A long robe, a shirt or shift. (Sans. परिधान To wear (clothes).

پلنگ palang P s. m. A tiger, a panther, a leo- pard.

پتيا pattiyā S̱. (dimin. of پتي pattī) s. m. A small leaf.

پساٴي pasāʼī H s. f. A kind of rice.

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

پينس पीनस pīnas S s. m. A disease in the nose.

پنياٴي punyāʼī S̱. (from पुण्य) s. f. 1. A vir- tuous action, performed (according to those who hold the doctrine of the metempsychosis) in one state of existence, the reward of which is received in a future transmigration. 2. Merit of an ancestor rewarded in his descendants.

پٿهان paṭhān H n. prop. See افغان afg̠ẖān.

پرهار प्रहार prahār S s. m. The act of striking or beating, a blow, a stroke.

پاپڙاکهار pāpṛā-khār पर्पटक्षार S̱. s. m. Ashes of the plaintain tree (Musa paradisiaca) used