(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) plābana a flood, a deluge. ̃পীড়িত floodstricken (বন্যাপীড়িত more usual). 68)

(p. 654) puriẏā a tiny packet; a dose of medicine or other articles in a tiny packet; an Indian musical mode. 50)

(p. 688) prasādhita dressed; toileted; embellished; decorated. 41)

(p. 606) pataṅga the grasshopper; an insect; the fly; the moth; the bird; an arrow; the sun. নাশক a. capable of killing insects, insecticidal. পতঙ্গনাশক পদার্থ insecticide. ̃পরাগণ n. (bot.) entomophily. ̃পরাগত a. (bot.) insect-pollinated. ̃পরাগী a. (bot.) entomophilous. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. entomology. ̃বিজ্ঞানী, ̃বিদ n. an entomologist. ̃বৃত্ত a. impelled by the insectile desire of killing oneself in the fire of one's pleasure. ̃বৃত্তি n. the insectile impulse of killing oneself in the fire of one's pleasure. ̃ভুক a. insectivorous. পতঙ্গভুক প্রাণী an insectivore. ̃ময় a. infested with insects. 23)

(p. 647) pāsarā (poet.) to forget. 20)

(p. 629) paścātpada retreated; withdrawn; turned back; lagging behind. পশ্চাত্পদ হওয়া v. to retreat; to withdraw; to turn back; to lag behind. 44)

(p. 667) pōśāka dress, garment, clothes; apparel; outfit. পোশাক ছাড়া, পোশাক খোলা v. to undress oneself. পোশাক ছাড়ানো, পোশাক খোলানো v. to cause to undress. পোশাক পরা v. to dress oneself, to put on one's dress. পোশাক-পরা a. dressed (in.) পোশাক পরানো v. to dress. পোশাকি a. befitting fashionable society, fashionable (পোশাকি কথাবার্তা); official (পোশাকি নাম); elegant, refined (পোশাকি ভাষা); worn on formal or festive occasions (পোশাকি জামাকাপড়); merely formal, insincere, hypocritical (পোশাকি ভদ্রতা). 17)

(p. 654) purōhita a priest. 64)

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

(p. 669) pyān̐cānō to twist or wring spirally, to screw; to writhe; to make intricate deliberately; to complicate; to entangle; to involve (তাকে এ ব্যাপারে প্যাঁচাচ্ছ কেন); to employ a shrewd or tricky turn in one's speech. a. twisted or wrung spirally; spiral; intricate, complicated; entangled; tortuous, full of angularity (প্যাঁচানো মন); having shrewd or tricky turns (প্যাঁচানো কথাবার্তা). 11)

(p. 667) pōtādhyakṣa a captain or master of a ship; (rare) a pilot of an aeroplane. 3)

(p. 688) prahasana a farce; a joke, a banter. 71)

(p. 629) palu a species of silk-worm living on the mulberry tree. 32)

(p. 667) paurbāhika relating to the previous day.