(p. 645) pālaki a palanquin, a palki, palkee. পালকি-বেহারা n. a palanquin-bearer. 16)

(p. 669) pyān̐ca a spiral bend or coil or twist (স্ক্রুর প্যাঁচ, স্ক্রুতে প্যাঁচ দেওয়া); a screw (প্যাঁচ আঁটা); a tricky or shrewd turn (কথার প্যাঁচ); an intrigue or machination, entanglement, predicament (প্যাঁচে ফেলা); a difficult problem, an intricate or perplexing situation, false position, quandary, cleft stick (প্যাঁচে পড়া); complication, intricacy (ব্যাপারটায় বড় প্যাঁচ); mutual entwining (ঘুড়ির প্যাচ); a tangle (সুতোর বাণ্ডিলটায় প্যাঁচ লেগেছে); (in wrestling etc.) a style of holding; a tricky move (কুস্তির প্যাঁচ). 9)

(p. 647) piupiu the note or cooing of the hawk-cuckoo. 26)

(p. 625) parilēkha an outline; an outline sketch. 21)

(p. 696) priẏa a beloved person; a lover; a darling; (chiefly in address) a husband; a friend. a. dear; beloved; favourite (প্রিয় বস্তু); pleasant. প্রিয়ংবদ a. fair-spoken, sweet-tongued. fem. প্রিয়ংবদা । ̃কারক, ̃কারী a. doing agreeable things, causing pleasure by one's actions. fem. ̃কারিণী । ̃চিকীর্ষা n. desire of doing things agreeable to another, desire to do a good turn (to), benevolence. ̃চিকীর্ষু a. desirous of doing things agreeable to another, desirous of doing a good turn (to), benevolent. ̃জন n. a beloved person; a favourite; a kinsman or relative; a friend. ̃তম a. super. of প্রিয় । n. a most beloved person; a lover; a darling; a husband. fem. ̃তমা । ̃তর a. compar. of িয় (a.). ̃দর্শন a. good-looking, handsome, comely. fem. ̃দর্শনা । ̃দর্শী a. treating everybody with love or affection. fem. ̃দর্শিনী । ̃পাত্র n. a favourite, a beloved person fem. ̃পাত্রী । ̃বচন, ̃বাক্য n. pleasant or sweet words; adulatory words. ̃বাদী same as িয়ংবদ fem. িয়বাদিনী । ̃বিয়োগ n. loss or death of a dear one, bereavement. ̃বিরহ n. separation from one's lover or dear one. ̃ভাষণ n. pleasant or sweet speech; adulatory speech. ̃ভাষী same as িয়ংবদ । fem. ̃ভাষিণী । ̃সখ (pop.) ̃সখা n. a dear or bosom friend; a boon companion. fem. ̃সখী । ̃সমাগম n. union or re-union with a dear one or dear ones; visit of dear ones. প্রিয়া a. fem. of িয় । n. fem. a lady-love, a sweetheart; a darling; (chiefly in address) a wife. 22)

(p. 619) paribēṣṭita surrounded, encircled, beset, engirt; enclosed. fem. পরিবেষ্টিতা । 151)

(p. 647) picha, pichana the back; the backside, the rear; (fig.) the past. পিছনে চলা v. to go or move backwards; to retrograde; to return or recede. পিছনে চাওয়া, পিছনে দেখা v. to look to one's own back; to look back; (fig.) to look to or consider the past. পিছন পিছন, পিছনে পিছনে on the back of, at the heels of. পিছন ফেরা v. to turn back; to look back; (fig.) to look to or consider the past. পিছটান, পিছনটান n. (lit.) a pull from the back; (fig.) attachment to one's family circle which retards or impedes one's progress. পিছপা a. taken aback, recoiled; reluctant. পিছপা হওয়া v. to be taken aback, to recoil, to flinch (in fear, pain etc.); to be reluctant. পিছমোড়া a. pinioned at the back. পিছমোড়া করে বাঁধা to pinion one at one's back. পিছনে লাগা v. to tease or vex (somebody); to make fun playfully or annoyingly. 43)

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

(p. 605) paṭapaṭi2 over-fastidiousness about purity; making too much of anything, exaggeration, tall talk, bragging (মুখেই পটপটি); a kind of tiny crackling firework; a kind of crackling toy; crackling noise; the air-bladder of fish; a kind of small creeper or its berry. 4)

(p. 675) pratidēẏa that which is to be or can be given in return or exchange; requitable, retributable. 32)

(p. 601) pa1 the twenty-first consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 644) pāradārya violation of another's marriagebed, adultery. 7)

(p. 672) pracētā having a mind never to be perturbed; wise. n. Varuna (বরুণ) the Water-god. 14)

(p. 674) praṇālī a drain; an aqueduct; (geog.) a strait, a channel; a procedure, a mode, a method, a system. ̃বদ্ধ a. methodical, systematic. প্রণালীবদ্ধ করা v. to systematize. 6)

(p. 625) pariśōdhana meticulous refinement or purification or sanctification. 28)