(p. 606) patra a leaf (as of a book or a tree); a page (পত্রাঙ্ক); a foil or plate (তাম্রপত্র); a letter, a missive (পত্রপ্রাপ্তি); a piece of paper printed or written (আদেশপত্র); a document or deed (বায়নাপত্র); a written marriage-contract (usu. পাঁতিপত্র); (of a bird) a wing; a correlative of কাগজ, দলিল etc. (চিঠিপত্র, কাগজপত্র, পুঁথিপত্র); a collection, and similar things, etcetera (বিছানাপত্র, মালপত্র, খরচপত্র). পত্র করা v. to make a marriage-contract in writing. পত্র দেওয়া v. to send one a letter, to write a letter to. ̃ক n. a leaf; (bot.) a pinna. ̃কন্টক n. (bot.) a leaf-spine. ̃ক্ষত n. (bot.) a leaf-scar. ̃দারক n. a saw. ̃পত্রিকা n. pl. journals and newspapers. ̃পাঠ n. act of reading a letter. adv. as soon as a letter is read; forthwith, at once, immediately. ̃পুট n. a cup made of tree-leaves. ̃বন্ধু n. a penfriend. ̃বাহ, ̃বাহক n. a carrier or bearer of a letter; a messenger; a postman. ̃বাহী a. mail-carrying, mail. ̃বিনিময় n. act of writing letters to one another; exchange of letters; correspondence. পত্রবিনিময় করা v. to write letters to one another; to correspond (with). বিন্যাস n. (bot.) phyllotaxy. ̃মঞ্জরি n. (bot.) a leafstalk, a petiole. ̃মুকুল n. (bot.) a leafbud. ̃মূল n. (bot.) a leaf-base. ̃মোচন n. (bot.) leaf-fall, defoliation. ̃যোগে adv. by letter. ̃রচনা n. act of writing or composing a letter; (bot.) foliation; (bot.) foliage. ̃রন্ধ্র n. stoma. ̃লেখা n. act of writing a letter; decorative paintings on one's person with sandal-paste or similar articles. ̃হরিত্ n. (bot.) chlorophyl. 35)

(p. 644) pārthiba earthly, worldly, mundane; material. n. a king.

(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)

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

(p. 633) pān̐dāḍ় a dump for sweepings, refuse etc. at the back of a house. 16)

(p. 614) parakīkaraṇa alienation. 24)

(p. 666) pōn̐tā2 to plant (গাছ পোঁতা); to drive into (পেরেক পোঁতা); to bury, to inter. ̃নো v. to cause to plant or drive into or sow or bury. 15)

(p. 666) pōn̐chā2 to mop, to swab, to wipe; to rub out, to erase. ̃নো v. to cause to mop or swab or wipe or rub or erase. 11)

(p. 645) pāla a species of spinach used as a pot-herb. 13)

(p. 619) paricintita deeply or carefully thought out or deliberated; well-planned. 68)

(p. 619) paricālana, paricālanā act of driving a vehicle etc.; conduction; management; direction; lead; administration; rule. পরিচালনা করা v. to drive or run; to conduct; to manage; to direct; to lead; to administer; to rule. 63)

(p. 619) paribyāpta spread, spread out; extended, expanded. পরিব্যাপ্তি n. spreading, spreading out; expansion; diffusion; extension. 152)

(p. 688) pralōbha very strong greed. 12)

(p. 633) pākāṭi a stalk of the jute-plant used as fuel; (fig.) a lean rickety person. 29)

(p. 644) pāralaukika concerning the next world, extra-mundane; spiritual; conducive to the life in the next world; obsequial. পারলৌকিক ক্রিয়া obsequies. 13)