پاجي pājī P adj. Mean, base. پاجي پرست pājī- parast, adj. (used substantively) A patroniser of mean upstarts. پاجي مزاج pājī-mizāj, adj. Mean-spirited.

پنڐا panḍā S̱. (perhaps, for पंडित) s. m. A minister who presides at the temple of an idol. S. P. پنڐارا pinḍārā (पिंड Lump of food, and آر Bringer) s. m. A plunderer, a pillager (among Mahārāttas).

پٿينا paṭīnā H s. m. Name of a bird.

پروان parwān H s. The yard (of a sail). پروان چڙهنا parwān chaṛhnā, To grow up (a phrase pe- culiar to women).

پکوڙا pakoṛā S̱. s. m. (पक्ववटी) A kind of dish made of pease-meal.

پيچيدگي pech-īda-gī P s. f. Twisting, contor- tion, winding.

پليو paleʼo H s. m. 1. Soup. 2. Pounded rice or flour put into soup to thicken it.

پوروا porūʼā पर्व S̱. s. m. 1. A joint or phalanx of the fingers. 2. A joint of a tamarind.

پاولا pāʼolā S̱. (from پاو) s. m. A quarter of any coin (as, of a rupee, &c.).

پانچ pānch पंच S̱. adj. Five. پانچ سات pānch-sāt, s. Perplexity.