پالکري pā-lakrī H s. f. Blocks of wood placed un- der the feet of a bed to raise it. (It is the cus- tom to have two such blocks ready to raise the head of a bed, to give it a sloping position).

پيتم pītam प्रियतम S̱. adj. superl. Most be- loved; s. m. A lover, a sweetheart, a husband.

پهر phar फल S̱. s. m. A fruit. See پهل.

پٿاخا paṭāḵẖā H (properly, پٿاکا from پٿاک A sound) s. m. A cracker, a squib.

پگهلاو pighlāʼo S̱. (from پگهلنا) s. m. Fusion, flux.

پرگنه pargana P s. m. An inferiour division of a country (less than a ضلع ẓilﻌ) nearly equalling a barony. پرگنه دار pargana-dār, s. m. The su- periour officer of a pargana, lord of the barony.

پرتاپي प्रतापी pratāp-ī S adj. Glori- ous, potent.

پرخاش parḵẖāsh P s. m. War, battle, conflict, altercation, commotion, disturbance, tumult, vio- lence, injury, oppression, severe inquisition.

پهنپهنانا phanphanānā S̱. (from फण or फणा) v. n. 1. To hiss (as, a snake). 2. To spring up sud- denly (as, a fast growing plant). 3. To move about briskly (as, a playful child).

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