(p. 625) parṇa a tree-leaf, a leaf (পর্ণকুটির); betel leaf (পর্ণকারী); a feather, a plume (সুপর্ণ). ̃কারী n. a grower of betel-leaves (by trade or caste). ̃কুটির n. a hut thatched with tree-leaves; (loos.) a hut. ̃ভোজী a. feeding on tree-leaves; (loos.) graminivorous. ̃মোচী a. (bot.) deciduous. ̃শয্যা n. a bed made of tree-leaves; (loos.) a pallet. ̃শালা same as পর্ণকুটির । পর্ণী a. leafed, leaved; leafy. n. a tree.

(p. 629) pallaba a leaf (বৃক্ষপল্লব, নবপল্লব); a lid (অক্ষিপল্লব); a new tree-leaf; the forepart of a young shoot or sprout bearing new leaves (আম্রপল্লব). ̃গ্রাহিতা n. surface-grazing; dilettantism; eclecticism; smattering acquaintance. ̃গ্রাহী a. dilettantish; smattering. পল্লবগ্রাহী লোক a dilettante (pl. dilettanti); a smatterer. পল্লবিত a. containing leaves, leafy; full of new leaves; sprouted; detailed, exhausted; exaggerated (পল্লবিত বর্ণনা). 36)

(p. 629) palli, pallī a small area of human habitation containing a cluster of houses, a locality (গোপপল্লি); a hamlet; a village; a municipal division, a ward. ̃অঞ্চল n. a rural area; countryside. পল্লি উন্নয়ন n. village development, rural uplift. ̃গীতি n. folksong, village song. ̃গ্রাম n. a village. ̃জীবন n. rural life, countrylife. ̃নৃত্য n. a country-dance. ̃বধু n. a country-woman, a country-wife. ̃বালা, ̃বালিকা n. a country-girl; a countrymaid. ̃বাস n. a village home; a country residence; act of living in a country. ̃বাসী a. living in a country, rural; (dero.) rustic. n. a countryman (fem. a country-woman), a villager. (dero.) a rustic. fem. ̃বাসিনী । ̃বাসী ভদ্রলোক a country gentleman. ̃ভবন n. a village home; a country residence; a country-house, a country seat. ̃মঙ্গল সমিতি village welfare society. ̃সংগঠন n. rural organization, rural development. ̃সংস্কার n. rural reconstruction; village upliftment. ̃সমিতি n. a village society. 37)

(p. 682) pradhāna chief, main, principal; prime; most important; leading, foremost; preeminent; predominant. in comp. (used as a sfx.) dominated by or chiefly characterized by (শীতপ্রধান). n. a chief; a headman; a leader; a royal counsellor; God; the primordial female energy. fem. প্রধানা । প্রধান অক্ষ the principal axis. প্রধান অতিথি the chief guest. প্রধান আরক্ষিক the head constable. প্রধান কারণিক the head clerk. প্রধান কর্মসচিব the Chief Secretary. প্রধান চরিত্র the principal or chief or the focal character. প্রধানত adv. chiefly, mainly, principally, pre-eminently, predominantly. প্রধানতা n. primeness; supremacy; preeminence, predominance. প্রধান বিচারপতি the Chief Justice. ̃মন্ত্রী n. the Prime Minister. ̃মূল (bot.) the tap root. ̃শিক্ষক the headmaster. fem. ̃শিক্ষিকা the headmistress. প্রধান সেনাপতি the Commander-in-Chief. 32)