(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. 667) pōsṭamāsṭāra a postmaster. 31)

(p. 631) pāuruṭi bread baked in the European fashion. একটা গোটা পাউরুটি a loaf of bread. এক টুকরো পাউরুটি a piece or slice of bread. 25)

(p. 692) prātarāśa, prātarbhōjana the first meal of the day, the morning meal, breakfast. প্রাতর্ভোজন করা v. to take the morning meal or the first meal of the day, to breakfast. 34)

(p. 638) pātra a pot, a vessel, a utensil, a container; a minister, a counsellor; a deserving man or an object (প্রশংসার পাত্র); a man, a fellow (ভবি ভোলার পাত্র নয়); a male character in a play; bridegroom; a prospective bridegroom. পাত্র দেখা v. to interview a prospective bridegroom for selection; to choose a bridegroom. ̃পক্ষ n. the bridegroom's people or party. ̃মিত্র n. pl. (a monarch's) courtiers and friends. ̃স্হ a. lying on or contained in a pot or vessel; (of a girl) wedded, married. পাত্রস্হ করা v. to give (a girl) in marriage, to marry, to wed. পাত্রাপাত্র n. deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রাপাত্রবিচার n. discrimination between deserving and undeserving persons. পাত্রী n. fem. a deserving woman or a female object; a female character in a play; a bride; a prospective bride. পাত্রী দেখা v. to interview a prospective bride for selection; to choose a bride. পাত্রীপক্ষ n. the bride's people or party. যোগ্যপাত্র n. a deserving person; a worthy groom. যোগ্যপাত্রী n. a worthy bride. সত্পাত্র n. same as যোগ্যপাত্র । 55)

(p. 678) pratibhāsa radiance, illumination; manifestation; revelation. প্রতিভাসিত a. radiant; manifested or revealed. 6)

(p. 644) pārā3 (aux.) to be able, can, may (করতে পারা). v. to do, to perform, to execute, to manage (সে এ কাজ পারে না); to vie with, to compete with (সে তার সঙ্গে পারে না). 20)

(p. 645) pālana upbringing, rearing (সন্তানপালন); nursing or fostering (পরের সন্তান পালন); maintenance (পোষ্যপালন); keeping, breeding, tending (পশুপালন); nourishment (শরীরপালন); protection, preservation, defence (রাজ্যপালন, ধর্মপালন); observance, compliance (নিয়মপালন, আদেশপালন); fulfilment (প্রতিশ্রুতিপালন). পালন করা v. to bring up, to rear; to foster or nurse; to maintain; to keep, to breed, to tend, to fancy; to nourish; to protect, to preserve, to guard, to defend; to observe, to comply (with); to fulfil. ̃কর্তা n. same as পালক2 (n.). fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । পালনীয় a. to be brought up or reared or nursed or fostered or maintained or kept or bred or nourished or protected or preserved or defended or observed or complied (with) or fulfilled or carried out. 21)

(p. 605) paṭhita that which has been read; perused; studied; recited.

(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. 692) prābṛṭa, prābṛṣā the rainy season, the rains. প্রাবৃষিক, প্রাবৃষ্য a. of the rainy season. 63)

(p. 681) pratyākhyāna rejection, refusal; discardment; disallowance, refusal of permission; refusal to entertain; (rare) neglect, slight. প্রত্যাখ্যান করা v. to refuse to accept, to reject, to refuse; to discard; to disallow, to refuse permission; to refuse to entertain, to disappoint; (rare) to neglect, to slight. 12)

(p. 692) prācīna old; ancient; antique; aged; outof-date; old-fashioned, antiquated. fem. প্রাচীনা । প্রাচীনতা, প্রাচীনত্ব n. oldness; ancientness; antiqueness; agedness; oldfashionedness, antiquatedness. 22)

(p. 633) pāṅktēẏa fit to be included in the same line or row or class; fit to be allowed to sit in a community-dinner (see পঙ্ক্তিভোজন). 49)

(p. 647) picabōrḍa pasteboard; cardboard. 41)