(p. 615) paradā a screen, a curtain; a veil, a zenana, purdah (পরদাপ্রথা); a thin skin or membrane, a film (চোখের পরদা); a covering; a layer, a strip, a flake (এক পরদা চামড়া; (of a musical instrument) a bridge or key; (of voice) a scale (সুরের পরদা). ̃নশিন a. (fem.) living behind the purdah, living in a zenana. ̃প্রথা n. the purdah-system. চোখের পরদা (fig.) sense of shame, sense of delicacy. 15)

(p. 625) parimāpa measurement; weighing; counting; (fig.) assessment (জ্ঞানের পরিমাপ); measure, weight, amount, quantity, number, degree; land-measure, survey. পরিমাপ করা same as পরিমাণ করা (see পরিমাণ). পরিমাপক a. measuring; weighing; counting; surveying; assessing. n. a measurer; weigher; counter; a surveyor (of land); an assessor; a measuring or weighing or counting or surveying machine. পরিমাপন n. measuring or weighing or counting or surveying (as land) or (fig.) assessing. 6)

(p. 696) prōkṣikā of েক্ষক । 32)

(p. 667) pōśāka dress, garment, clothes; apparel; outfit. পোশাক ছাড়া, পোশাক খোলা v. to undress oneself. পোশাক ছাড়ানো, পোশাক খোলানো v. to cause to undress. পোশাক পরা v. to dress oneself, to put on one's dress. পোশাক-পরা a. dressed (in.) পোশাক পরানো v. to dress. পোশাকি a. befitting fashionable society, fashionable (পোশাকি কথাবার্তা); official (পোশাকি নাম); elegant, refined (পোশাকি ভাষা); worn on formal or festive occasions (পোশাকি জামাকাপড়); merely formal, insincere, hypocritical (পোশাকি ভদ্রতা). 17)

(p. 654) pūrta public works. ̃বিভাগ n. the Public Works Department. 107)

(p. 687) pramukha (used as a sfx.) headed by, beginning with (কালিদাস প্রমুখ কবিগণ). 4)

(p. 652) pīḍ়ka oppressing, persecuting, tormenting; forcing; insisting, pressing, chastising; accepting esp. in marriage (পাণিপীড়ক). n. an oppressor; a persecutor, a tormentor; one who forces or insists (on) or presses; a chastiser; one who accepts esp. in marriage. 20)

(p. 619) paribāhī conducting. n. a conductor. 140)

(p. 667) pauraba descending from King Puru (পুরু). 42)

(p. 625) parīkṣā a test; an examination; a trial; an ordeal (অগ্নিপরীক্ষা); a cross-examination; an investigation; an experiment; foretelling, divination, reading (হস্তরেখা পরীক্ষা) ; অদৃষ্টপরীক্ষা, ভাগ্যপরীক্ষা n. fortune-telling; act of seeking fortune. পরীক্ষা করা v. to test; to examine; to try; to test by an ordeal; to cross examine; to investigate; to experiment; to divine. পরীক্ষা দেওয়া v. to appear at an examination; to take an examination; to undergo a trial; to submit to an ordeal. পরীক্ষা নেওয়া v. to examine, to test; to hold an examination; to test by an examination. পরীক্ষায় উতরে যাওয়া v. to stand a test or scrutiny. ̃গার, ̃গৃহ, ̃ভবন, ̃মন্দির, ̃শালা n. an examination-hall; a laboratory. ̃ধীন a. subject to or under examination or trial or test or investigation or experiment. ̃র্থী a. appearing at an examination. n. an examinee. fem. পরীক্ষার্থিনী । 56)

(p. 684) prabara (chiefly used as a sfx.) best, excellent (ধার্মিকপ্রবর). n. a line of descent, descent; the originating saint of a line of descent. প্রবর সমিতি select committee. 8)

(p. 631) paścāddhābana act of running after; act of chasing. পশ্চাদ্ধাবন করা v. to run after; to chase, to pursue. 2)

(p. 625) parisara extent; area; limit, boundary, end; width, breadth. 42)

(p. 633) pān̐jā1 a brick-kiln, kiln. 7)

(p. 688) pralōbhita allured, tempted, enticed. প্রলোভিত করা v. to allure, to tempt, to entice. প্রলোভিত করে নিয়ে যাওয়া v. to entice away. 14)