(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. 688) pralaẏa, pralaẏakānḍa universal dissolution or annihilation; a complete or very extensive destruction or holocaust; (fig.) a terrible disturbance or affray. প্রলয়কাল n. the time of universal dissolution or annihilation. প্রলয়ংকর a. causing universal dissolution; causing a complete or very extensive destruction; (fig.) terribly disturbing. প্রলয়নাচন, প্রলয়নৃত্য n. the cataclysmal dance of Lord Siva as described in the Puranas. প্রলয়পয়োধি n. the ocean of universal cataclysm or deluge. প্রলয়লীলা n. same as প্রলয়কান্ড । 7)

(p. 665) pēṣaṇi, pēṣaṇī a mortar and a pestle; a grindstone, a mill-stone. 41)

(p. 649) piṭā, piṭānō to strike, to beat (লোহা পিটানো); to pound, to batter, to ram (ছাদ পিটা); to whip up or switch, to thrash (ঝোপ পিটানো). a. beaten; rammed; thrashed; shaped by beating, wrought (পিটা লোহা). পিটাই, পিটানি, (pop.) পিটুনি n. act of beating or ramming or thrashing; a drubbing (পিটুনি খাওয়া). পিটুনি পুলিশ punitive police. পিটুনি কর বা জরিমানা punitive tax, punitive fine. 9)

(p. 665) pēśala beautiful, charming; (inc. but pop.) muscular, thewy, robust; brawny. 32)

(p. 682) pradarśana act of showing or showing round or exhibiting or displaying or demonstrating; act of seeing or observing thoroughly or minutely or carefully. প্রদর্শন করা v. to see or observe thoroughly or minutely or carefully. প্রদর্শন করানো v. to show; to show one round; to exhibit; to display; to demonstrate. প্রদর্শনী n. a public show, an exhibition. 17)

(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. 678) pratiśaẏa, pratiśaẏana a persistent squatting at the temple of a deity for divine favour or boon. প্রতিশয়িত a. thus squatting. 26)

(p. 687) prayujyamāna in the state of being applied. 11)

(p. 687) praẏōga employment; application; use or usage; mention; a precedent, an example; an instance. প্রয়োগ করা v. to employ; to apply; to use. ̃দোষ n. misapplication, wrong or unjust use. ̃বাদ n. (phil.) pragmatism. ̃বাদী a. pragmatist. ̃বিন্দু n. (phys.) a point of application. ̃শালা n. a laboratory. প্রায়োগিক a. (phil.) empirical. 18)

(p. 667) pōddāra a professional examiner of the genuineness of coins; a moneychanger; a pawn-broker; a banker, a money-lender. পোদ্দারি n. the profession of a coin-examiner or money-changer or pawn-broker or banker or moneylender; (sarcas.) display of false authority or power. পরের ধনে পোদ্দারি see পর3 । 7)

(p. 601) pañjābi or born in the Punjab. n. a native of the Punjab; the language of the Punjab; a loose-fitting upper-garment with no collar. 62)

(p. 645) pārśba a side, a flank (দক্ষিণপার্শ্ব); end, border (নগরপার্শ্ব); margin, brink, brim, edge (থালার পার্শ্বে); bank or shore (of a river, sea etc.); adjacent space, vicinity (গৃহপার্শ্ব); company, presence (স্ত্রীর পার্শ্বে থাকা); comparison (সূর্যের পার্শ্বে চন্দ্র ম্লান). ̃গত a. close to, very near, adjacent. ̃গ্রাবরেখা n. (geog.) a lateral moraine. ̃চর n. a companion; an attendant; a follower, a servant; a toady, a sycophant. fem. পার্শ্বচরী । ̃চিত্র n. a profile. ̃ত adv. by or from or on or to a side or flank, sidewise, sidewards, edgeways, sideling, flanking. ̃দেশ n. a flank, a side. পার্শ্ব-পরিবর্তন করা v. to turn upon one side. ̃বর্তী, ̃স্হ a. staying or situated alongside; neighbouring (পার্শ্ববর্তী রাষ্ট্র). fem. ̃বর্তিনী, ̃স্হা । ̃ভাগ n. same as পার্শ্বদেশ । পার্শ্বাভিনেতা n. (in film or theatre) an actor of a minor or supporting role. পার্শ্বাস্হি n. ribs; skeleton. পার্শ্বিক, পার্শ্বীয় a. lateral. পার্শ্বিক উত্ক্রম (phys.) lateral inversion. পার্শ্বে adv. & prep. on or to the side of; sidewise; alongside; by the side of, beside; in company or presence of; in comparison to. 5)

(p. 680) pratīkṣamāṇa waiting for, awaiting; expecting, expectant. fem. প্রতীক্ষমাণা । 3)

(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)