(p. 605) paṭṭa a plank, a slab; a plate (তাম্রপট্ট); a wooden seat for sitting upon squattingly; a seat (রাজপট্ট); a throne (পট্টমহিষী); jute; silk, linen (পট্টবস্ত্র); a town, a city; a village (esp. a large one); a port; a turban; a scarf. ̃দেবী same as পট্টমহিষী । পট্টন n. a city, a town; a port. ̃বস্ত্র n. silk-cloth, linen. ̃মহিষী, ̃রাজ্ঞী n. the chief queen of a king, a queen consort. 20)

(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. 614) paẏajāra a loose shoe fixed to the foot only by the vamp, a slipper. 2)

(p. 606) panḍa abortive, futile, vain, useless, fruitless; spoiled, foiled, marred. পন্ড করা v. to render abortive, to bring to nothing, to baffle; to spoil, to foil, to mar, to undo. ̃শ্রম n. fruitless toil; abortive efforts. 19)

(p. 601) pañcāśa, pañcāśat fifty. পঞ্চাশত্তম a. fiftieth. fem. পঞ্চাশত্তমী । পঞ্চাশবার adv. fifty times; (fig.) many times, (cp.) thousand and one times, times without number. 58)

(p. 684) prabacana an adage, a proverb; an apophthegm, apothegm; a popular or oftquoted saying; (rare) amplification. 2)

(p. 682) -prada denotes giving (মূখপ্রদ). 11)

(p. 615) parapūrbā one who was married or betrothed to (and subsequently estranged from) another. 41)

(p. 675) pratigāmī returning; receding. 18)

(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. 601) pakṣābalambana act of siding with or following or standing for or supporting or defending a particular (contending) party or person; partisanship; act of playing for a particular team. পক্ষাবলম্বন করা v. to side with; to follow, to adhere to; to stand for, to support, to defend; to play for. পক্ষাবলম্বী a. siding with; following, adhering to; standing for, supporting, defending; playing for a particular team. n. a party-man; a partisan; a follower, an adherent; a supporter, a defender; a player of a particular team. fem. পক্ষাবলম্বিনী । 22)

(p. 619) pari1 denoting: thoroughness, expensiveness, excessiveness, especiality, opposition, decrial etc. 33)

(p. 619) parikēndra circumcentre. পরিকেন্দ্রিক, পরিকেন্দ্রী a. circumcentric. 42)

(p. 601) pakṣiṇī of পক্ষী । 23)

(p. 678) pratisbākṣara countersignature. প্রতিস্বাক্ষরিত a. countersigned. 42)