پيازي رنگ piyāz-ī rang P s. m. A reddish co- lour, crimson.

پوني pūnī H s. f. Rolls of cotton prepared for spinning.

پرکها purkhā पुरुष S̱. s. m. An old man, an el- der, an ancestor.

پتيانا patiyānā प्रत्ययन S̱. v. a. To confide in, to trust, to believe, to depend on.

پيراٴي pairāʼī H (from پيرنا) s. f. 1. Place of swim- ming or distance over which it is necessary to swim. 2. Art of swimming. 3. Wages for teaching to swim.

پرکهيا parakhaiyā परीक्षक S̱. s. m. An inspec- tor, examiner, prover, assayer.

پز paz P part. (in compos.) Cooking, baking.

پتر पितृ pitr̤i S s. m. Father. پترگهاتک pitr̤i- ghātak, A parricide, destroyer of a parent. ¶ पितरः pitara, s. m. plur. Fathers.

پيچها pīchhā S̱. (from पश्चात्) s. m. 1. The hind- er part, the rear. 2. Pursuit, persecution, fol- lowing. 3. Absence. پيچهاپهيرنا pīchhā phernā, To leave, to withdraw. پيچهاکرنا pīchhā karnā, 1. To pursue, to chase, to follow. 2. To recoil, (a gun, &c.). پيچهالينا pīchhā lenā, To pursue, to importune, to be obstinately persevering.

پرنيا puraniyā H or purainiyā, s. m. Name of a district and town. (Purneah in Bengal).