پرکهي purkhe S̱. (plur. of پرکها from पुरुष) s. m. Ancestors, ancestry. See پرشا purush̤ā.

پهلوري phulaurī फुल्लवटी S̱. s. f. Bread or cake made of fruit and pulse, and fried in ghī or oil.

پربودهن प्रबोधन प्र and r. बुध Know pra- bodhan S. s. m. Persuasion, persuading.

پسينا pasīnā S̱. (प्रस्वेदः) s. m. Perspiration, sweat.

پاسبان pās-bān P s. m. f. A sentinel, a watch, a watchman, a guard, a shepherd.

پرچک purchak H s. f. Deceit, trick, coaxing.

پنج panj P adj. 1. Five. (Sans. पंच). 2. Of seven years old (a horse). نئي پنج naye panj, Of five years old. ملي پنج male panj, Of ten years old. (These phrases are applied to horses only). پنجروزه panj-roza, The space of five days. پنج عيب شرعي panj-aﻌib-i-sharʼīﻌ. adj. Very vicious (possessed of five vices, i. e. 1. Robbery. 2. Adultery. 3. Gaming. 4. Drunk- enness. 5. Falsehood). پنج آيت panj-āyat, The five chapters of the ḳurʼān, which are read during the mourning of a Musalmān. پنج تن پاک panj tan-i-pāk, Five holy persons (i. e. 1. Muhammad. 2. Alī. 3. Fātima. 4. Hasan.

پرسوتي prasautī S̱. (प्रसववती see پرسو) s. f. A puerperal woman.

پٿارا piṭārā पेटा S̱. s. m. A large basket, a portmanteau.

پني पुण्य puṇya S s. m. Virtue, moral or reli- gious merit.