پيشور peshaur P. s. m. Name of a city, properly پيشاور pesh-āwar, built by Akbar. The word im- ports "an advanced post," as it is the next town to the Afg̠ẖāns.

پاسنگ pā-sang P s. m. A make weight, some- thing placed in one scale to balance the other, or something placed on one side of a load to form an equipoise to the other.

پشنگ pashang P s. Name of the father and of the son of Afrāsiyāb, also of a warriour of Īrān, a long piercing instrument with which builders make holes in walls, a woollen cloth or a plank prepared with a piece of wood at each end on which bricks, clay, &c. are drawn, tyranny, op- pression, labour, exuding (of water, &c.).

پهر phir H or phiri (see پهرنا) adv. Again, then.

پٿيلنا paṭīlnā H v. a. 1. To exact, to subdue. 2. To beat.

پروانه parwāna P s. m. 1. An order, a pass, a license, leave, command, a precept, a warrant. 2. A butterfly, a moth. پروانه کسي کاهونا par-

پوري porī पर्व S̱. A joint of bamboo, sugar- cane, &c.

پهلواري phul-wārī S̱. (फुल्ल A flower, and वाटी A garden) s. f. A flower- garden.

پـﮩراوا pahrāwā S̱. (from پـﮩرانا pahrānā) s. Dress.

پيچهـ pīchh H s. f. Rice-water, water in which rice has been boiled, rice-gruel.