پيکهنيا pekhniyā H s. m. A player, an actor.

پهبکنا phabaknā H v. n. To shoot forth (as, a plant).

پتهرکلا patthar-kalā प्रस्तरकला S̱. s. A fire- lock.

پيٿي peṭ-ī S̱. (from پيٿ) s. f. 1. A belly-band, a girth. 2. A portmanteau. 3. A box, a tumbril, a case. 4. The thorax, chest. پيٿي لڙنا يا مارنا peṭī-laṛna or -mārnā, v. a. To copulate.

پروين parwīn P s. m. The pleiades.

پنچورا panchorā H s. m. An earthen vessel with a narrow neck and a hole in the bottom. When filled with water and the mouth stopped, no water flows from the hole below till the hand or whatever stopped the mouth be removed. (It is used as an experiment to illustrate the doc- trine of the horror vacui by the followers of Aristotle).

پربيسي प्रवेशी prabes-ī S adj. Penetrating.

پروڙه प्रौढ prauṛh S adj. Able, clever.

پاني pānī पानीय S̱. s. m. 1. Water. 2. Sperm. 3. Lustre, character, honour. پاني بهرنا pānī bharnā, To confess inferiority. پاني پڙنا pānī paṛnā, v. n. To rain. پاني پي پي کوسنا pānī pī pī kosnā, To curse excessively (i. e. till the throat, being dry, must be moistened by drinking). پاني جانا pānī jānā, v. n. 1. To be af- flicted with the fluor albus. 2. To be dis- graced. 3. To shed tears. پاني چلنا pānī chal- nā, v. n. To be afflicted with the fluor albus. پاني دينا pānī denā, To offer a libation of water to satisfy the manes of a deceased person, after the corpse has been burnt. پاني سي پتلاکرنا pānī se patlā karnā, To abash, to put to shame. پاني کابلبلا pānī kā bulbulā (A bubble of water) in- dicates instability. پاني کرنا pānī karnā, v. a. 1. To abash. 2. To facilitate. پاني مرنا pānī marnā, v. n. 1. To dry up, to be evaporated. 2. To exhibit signs confirming a suspicion. پاني مين آگ لگانا pānī meṅ āg lagānā, To re- vive a contention which had subsided. پاني نه مانگنا pānī na māngnā, To be slain with the single stroke of a sword, &c., and die instantly.

پسو pissū H s. m. A flea.