(p. 625) parisahanīẏa laughable, ridiculous; fit to be derided or mocked. 49)

(p. 692) prāpti obtaining or getting; receipt; act of finding; acquirement, acquisition, gaining, attainment; act of learning; income, earnings; (often facet.) profit. ̃যোগ n. (hum.) run of luck, unexpected gain or an occasion for some gain. ̃যোগ্য a. same as প্রাপ্য (a.) ̃সংবাদ n. news of receipt. ̃স্হান n. a place from which something may be had. ̃স্বীকার n. acknowledgement of receipt. 57)

(p. 615) paraglāni slandering, backbiting, gossip; scandal. 4)

(p. 642) pāẏarā the pigeon; the dove. পায়রার খাঁচা, পায়রার বাসা a pigeon-house, a dovecot. পায়রার খোপ a pigeon-hole. 42)

(p. 692) prāẏa2 (chiefly used in comp. as a sfx.) resembling, like (গতপ্রায়); nearing, about, nearly, a little less than (প্রায় প্রতিদিন, প্রায় লাখ টাকা). 69)

(p. 654) purōga, purōgāmī going before in point of time or place, preceding, leading; pioneering. পুরোগত a. gone before in point of time or place. 56)

(p. 681) pratyākhyāta rejected, refused; discarded; disallowed; unentertained; (rare) neglected, slighted. 11)

(p. 684) prabhāta morning; daybreak. প্রভাত হওয়া v. to dawn. এখন প্রভাত it is morning. ̃কাল n. the morning-time, morning. ̃ফেরি n. singing awakening songs in procession through the streets of a town or village. ̃রাগ n. the morning glow. প্রভাত হয়েছে it is dawn. প্রভাতী, প্রভাতি a. of the morning. n. a morning song or glorification, a matin. প্রভাতে মেঘডম্বরঃ (fig.) great cry but little wool. 35)

(p. 652) pun̐ṭi a tiny fresh-water fish. পুঁটিমাছের প্রাণ (fig.) a short-lived or frail person; a weakling; a very narrow-minded person. পুঁটিমাছের ফরফরানি bragging of a man of little or no importance. 41)

(p. 696) prēpsu desirous of getting or obtaining. 35)

(p. 601) pakṣibidyā ornithology. 26)

(p. 654) pṛṣṭha the back (of a human being or any other creature); the rear; the region of the back; the back part, the rear part; the hind part; surface, a face; (bot.) the dorsal surface. ঘূর্ণপৃষ্ঠ n. the surface of revolution. ̃টান n. (phys.) surface tension. ̃তল n. surface. ̃দেশ same as পৃষ্ঠ । ̃পোষাক n. one who stands at the back to give support; a supporter; an upholder; a patron; a customer; a client. ̃পোষকতা n. support; patronization. পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা করা v. to support; to uphold; to patronize. ̃পোষণ n. act of standing at the back to give support; act of supporting or upholding; patronization. ̃প্রদর্শন n. fleeing, flight. পৃষ্ঠপ্রদর্শন করা v. to flee, to take to one's heels, to run away. ̃প্রবাহ n. (geog.) a surface drift. ̃বংশ n. the backbone, the spinal or vertebral column, the spine. ̃ব্রণ n. a dorsal carbuncle. ̃ভঙ্গ n. act of fleeing (esp. after a defeat). ̃রক্ষক n. a bodyguard. পৃষ্ঠরক্ষা করা v. to protect or guard the rear; to act as a bodyguard to. ̃লেখ n. an endorsement. 120)

(p. 688) praśna a question; a query; interrogation; inquiry; a point at issue; a problem (বাঁচার প্রশ্ন); a disputed point. প্রশ্ন করা v. to question; to ask; to inquire; to interrogate; to set questions (as for examinees). ̃কর্তা n. a questioner; an inquirer; an interrogator; one who sets questions (as for examinees); a papersetter. fem. প্রশ্নকর্ত্রী । ̃পত্র n. a set of questions for the examinees, a paper. ̃বাণ n. questions that pierce or hurt like shafts or darts or arrows or missiles, questions piercing as a shaft, embarrassing or piercing questions. প্রশ্নবাণে জর্জরিত করা to ask too many or volleys of troublesome questions, to heckle. ̃বোধক a. denoting or signifying a question. ̃বোধক চিহ্ন n. note or sign of interrogation. ̃মালা n. a set of questions; (loos.) an exercise (for students). প্রশ্নোত্তর n. a question and its answer; a catechism. প্রশ্নত্তরী n. a catechism. 29)

(p. 625) pariṣada, pariṣat an association, an assembly, a society; a council; (pol.) a legislative council. পরিষদীয় a. pertaining or relating to or concerning a council or assembly; legislative; parliamentary. 32)

(p. 681) pratyālīḍh় the kneeling posture of an archer whilst shooting with his right leg doubled in the front and the left stretched out at the back. 24)