(p. 606) paḍ়ā2 to read, to go through, to peruse; to study; to recite (মন্ত্র পড়া, হলফ পড়া). n. reading, perusal; study; recital, recitation; an instalment of lesson, lesson, exercise. a. that which has been read, perused; studied; recited. পড়া করা v. to learn or prepare one's lessons. প়ড়া ধরা, পড়া নেওয়া v. to test whether one can say one's lessons. পড়া দেওয়া, পড়া বলা v. to say one's lessons. (কারও) কাছে পড়া v. to read, to take lessons from. পড়ে শোনানো v. to read to. বিদ্যালয়ে পড়তে যাওয়া to go to school. ̃নো v. to teach; to cause to read or study or recite; to instruct, prepare by (repeated) instruction, to tutor, to rehearse, to prime (সাক্ষি পড়ান). পড়ার ঘর n. a study; a reading room. পড়ার নেশা n. a great liking for or attachment to reading; love of reading. ̃শোনা n. study; academic education, schooling. পড়াশোনা করা v. to study; to have one's schooling; to learn one's lessons. পড়াশোনায় মন থাকা to take care of one's lessons or studies, to be mindful of one's lessons or studies. 12)

(p. 684) prabara (chiefly used as a sfx.) best, excellent (ধার্মিকপ্রবর). n. a line of descent, descent; the originating saint of a line of descent. প্রবর সমিতি select committee. 8)

(p. 696) prēkṣaka a spectator; an onlooker; one of the audience. 29)

(p. 647) pāśā2 (playing) dice. ̃খেলা n. dice-play. পাশা খেলা v. to play at dice, to cast or throw dice. 11)

(p. 667) pauttalika idolatrous. n. an idolater. পৌত্তলিকতা n. idolatry. 37)

(p. 606) paẏagambara (Mus.) a human being accredited as a messenger of God, a prophet.

(p. 692) prāthamika relating to inception or beginning, initial; early, primitive; primary. প্রাথমিক পুস্তক a primer. প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় a primary school. প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা primary education. 43)

(p. 654) puñja an accumulation, a collection, a heap, a pile, a mass, a multitude; a crowd. ̃মেঘ n. see under মেঘ । পুঞ্জিত, পুঞ্জীভূত a. accumulated, collected, piled up; amassed; crowded, thronged. পুঞ্জীকৃত a. that which has been accumulated or collected or piled up or amassed. 2)

(p. 606) paḍ়ō2 uncultivated, fallow (পড়ো জমি); unoccupied, vacant, deserted (পড়ো বাড়ি বা ভিটে); deprived of the power of movement, confined to bed (ঘর-পড়ো, পড়ো লোক). 16)

(p. 650) pirāna a loose outer garment usu. worn by men. 32)

(p. 654) pūrabī an Indian Musical mode. 99)

(p. 675) pratigamana return. প্রতিগমন করা v. to go back, to return, to recede. 17)

(p. 614) paẏasbinī yielding milk, milch (পয়স্বিনী গাভী); full of water, yielding water. n. a milch-cow; a river. 10)

(p. 642) pāntā old by more than one night; overnight; cooked overnight and kept steeped in water (পান্তা ভাত); stale (পান্তা খবর). n. rice cooked overnight and kept steeped in water. (পান্তা ভাতে ঘি (fig.) unnecessary or ludicrous spending of a good or costly thing. 21)

(p. 644) pāripāṭya orderliness; neatness; tidiness, spruceness. 28)