پشت pusht P s. f. 1. Back. 2. Progenitors, an- cestry, a generation of progenitors. 3. A prop, a second, an assistant. (Sans. पृष्ठ The back). پشت به پشت pusht-ba-pusht, Generation by generation. پشت پا pusht-i-pā, s. f. The instep. پشت پانو pusht-pāṅw, s. m. The instep, an in- flammation or phlegmon on the upper surface of the foot. پشت قدم pusht-i-ḳadam, The top of the foot, the instep. پشت پرکسي کي رهنا pusht par kisī kī rahnā (lit. To back one) To support steadily. پشت پناه pusht-panāh, An ally, a supporter. پشت خم pusht-ḵẖam, adj. Hump- backed. پشت دست کسي پرمارناياپشت پامارنا pusht-i-dast kisī par mārnā or pusht-i-pā mārnā, To reject, to abandon. پشت دينا pusht denā (lit. To turn oneʼs back) To flee, run away, turn tail.

پٿرا paṭrā पट्ट S̱. s. m. 1. A plank, a plank to sit on, a plank on which a washerman beats clothes. 2. Unripe grain. (Cicer arietinum). پٿراکردينا paṭrā kar denā, v. n. To deprive one of his power or strength, to convict an adver- sary and leave him without reply.

پٿکا paṭkā पट्टि S̱. s. m. A cloth worn round the waist, a girdle. زري پٿکا zarī paṭkā, The golden girdle (an ensign conferred by the Pesh- wā on generals who are invested with authority immediately by him). پٿکاباندهنا paṭkā bāndh- nā, To determine on, or prepare for any act. پٿکاپکڙنا paṭkā pakaṛnā, To hinder, to obstruct. H.S̱. پٿکاجانا paṭkā jānā (from پٿکنا) v. n. To fall from oneʼs rank or estimation.

پهبنا phabnā H v. n. To become, befit, fit.

پنجيارا pinjiyārā H (from پينجنا) s. m. One whose business it is to beat or separate cotton.

پرجا parjā S or prajā (प्रजा) s. f. A subject, tenant, renter, people.

پهنکوانا phinkwānā S̱. (caus. of پهينکنا) v. a. To cause to fling or throw. ¶ phunkwānā (caus. of پهونکنا) v. a. To cause to blow, to cause to set on fire.

پنچدس पंचदश pancha-das S adj. Fifteenth.

پنتوا pantawā H s. m. A kind of sweetmeat.

پرهيز parhez P (from پرهيختن or پرهيزيدن) s.m. Ab- stinence, forbearance, continence, abstaining or keeping aloof, control of the passions, caution, sobriety. بدي پرهيز badī-parhez, Abstaining from evil. پرهيزکرنا parhez karnā, v. a. 1. To control oneʼs passions. 2. To abstain (from), to keep aloof, or be on oneʼs guard (from), to avoid. 3. To observe a regimen.