پتني pattan-ī H adj. Commissioned, manufac- tured by order.

پرده parda P s. m. 1. A curtain, a screen, cover, veil; secrecy, privacy, modesty. 2. A mu- sical tone or mode. پرده پرده ديکهنا parda parda dekhnā, To pry or inquire secretly into any matter. پرده پرده کرنا parda parda karnā, To do a thing secretly or privately. پرده پوش parda- posh, Keeping a secret. پرده پوشي parda-posh-ī, The act of concealing a blemish. پرده چهوڙنا pardā chhoṛnā, 1. To let fall a curtain. 2. To lay aside concealment. پرده دار parda-dār, Confidential. پرده در parda-dar, A betrayer of secrets. پرده دري parda-dar-ī, The betraying of secrets. پرده رکهنا parda rakhnā, To give ob- scure hints, or to relate a matter in such terms as to be understood by part only of the hearers. پرده فاش parda-fāsh, Betraying secrets. پرده کرنا parda karnā, To conceal. پرده کسي کاپهاڙنا parda kisī kā phāṛnā, or پرده کسي کاکهولنا parda kisī kā kholnā, To reveal the faults of another. پرده نشين parda-nishīn, Remaining behind the curtain; modest. پردي مين سوراخ کرنا parde meṅ sūrāḵẖ karnā, Spoken of a woman who secretly indulges licentious practices.

پـﮩناور pahnā-war P adj. Ample, wide, broad.

پيشکش pesh-kash P s. m. A present, a tribute.

پيشي pesh-ī P s. f. 1. An advance. 2. Prece dence, superiour rank.

پکاٴو pakāʼo S̱. (from پکنا) s. m. Suppuration.

پريوجن प्रयोजन प्र and r. युज Join, apply prayojan S. s. Occasion, motive, affair, necessity, demand, design.

پولا pūlā S̱. (पूल r. पूल Heap together) s. m. A bundle or truss of grass or straw. پولي تلي گذران کرنا pūle tale guẕrān karnā (lit. to live under a bundle of straw) implies a very destitute condi- tion.

پروسي paros-ī S̱. (see پڙوسي) s. m. A neighbour.

پيسنا pīsnā पेषण S̱. 1. v. a. To grind, to tritu- rate, to bruise, to powder; to gnash (the teeth). 2. s. m. The corn or grain for grinding.