(p. 647) pica3 (in cricket) pitch. 38)

(p. 666) pōḍ় a spell of burning or scalding or singeing; affliction, distress; a severe ordeal. পোড় খাওয়া v. to get burnt or scalded or singed. পোড়-খাওয়া a. burnt, scalded, singed; passed through an affliction or distress or a severe ordeal. 21)

(p. 696) prēkṣaṇa act of seeing or looking on or watching; (loos.) act of seeing and hearing. েক্ষণিকা n. an exhibition. েক্ষণীয় a. worth seeing or watching; (loos.) worth seeing and hearing; capable of being seen and heard. 30)

(p. 688) praśaṃsaka one who speaks highly of, a praiser, an admirer. 15)

(p. 638) pāttā information, news; trace; address, whereabouts. পাত্তা করা same as পাত্তা লাগানো । পাত্তা পাওয়া v. to find trace or whereabouts of; (fig.) to be considered of some value or to be of some account. পাত্তা না পাওয়া v. to lose trace of; (fig.) to be of small account. পাত্তা না . দেওয়া v. to treat as of little or no importance, to make light of, to take a dim view. পাত্তা লাগানো v. to try to find trace or whereabouts of. 54)

(p. 629) palbala any small pool of water (esp. a shallow one). 34)

(p. 638) pāna1 betel-leaf. ছাঁচি পান, বাংলা পান, মিঠা পান different kinds of betel-leaves. পান খাওয়া v. to chew betel leaf together with betel-nut, catechu, lime etc. পান থেকে চুন খসা v. (fig.) to commit a very negligible offence or lapse. পান সাজা v. to form a small conical cup of betelleaf after putting betel-nut, catechu, lime etc. within this cup. পানের বাটা n. a betel-box. 71)

(p. 619) pariṇētā one who marries; a husband. 82)

(p. 619) paribhaba defeat; discomfiture. 157)

(p. 669) prakaraṇa a chapter or a part of a book; a process, a procedure; (self-sufficient) part of a process or procedure; technique; a context; a discourse. গত a. technical; procedural; contextual. 27)

(p. 675) pratiphalana reflection (as in a mirror). প্রতিফলন কোণ n. (phys.) angle of reflection. প্রতিফলিত a. reflected. প্রতিফলিত করা v. to reflect. প্রতিফলিত হওয়া v. to reflect. 63)

(p. 681) pratyutpanna produced on the spur of the moment, extemporaneous; very prompt. ̃মতি n. presence of mind, ready wit. a. endowed with presence of mind, ready-witted. ̃মতিত্ব n. readywittedness; presence of mind.

(p. 696) prupha (print.) a proof or a proof-sheet. ুফ তোলা v. to pull a proof. ুফ দেখা, প্রুফ সংশোধন করা v. to read or correct a proof, to proof-read, to proof-correct. ̃রিডার n. a proof-reader. ̃রিডিং, ̃সংশোধন n. a proof-reading. ̃সংশোধক n. a proof-corrector, a proof-reader. 28)

(p. 654) pūta holy, sacred, sanctified, pure. ̃স্হান n. a sacred or holy place. 90)

(p. 688) prarōha a bud; a shoot, a sprout; a scion; (bot.) an offset. 3)