(p. 675) pratigāmī returning; receding. 18)

(p. 638) pāḍ়ā1 to bring down (নারকেল পা়ড়া, তাক থেকে পাড়া); to pluck (ফুল পাড়া); to knock down (ভীম কীচককে পেড়ে ফেললেন); to cause to take to one's bed, to prostrate (জ্বরে তাকে পেড়ে ফেলেছে); to lay out (বিছানা পাড়া = to make a bed); to lay as eggs (ডিম পাড়া = to lay an egg); to pronounce loudly (গাল পাড়া = to shout abuses at); to invoke as in solemn appeal (দোহাই পাড়া = to invoke as in solemn appeal, to call down or upon); to remove, to clear (এঁটো পাড়া = to clear the table). 12)

(p. 614) paẏāra a metrical system of Bengali poetry in which each line consists of fourteen letters or syllables; a verse composed in this metre. 12)

(p. 631) pāikā (print.) pica. 21)

(p. 688) pralapita raved; uttered in delirium; incoherently uttered. 5)

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

(p. 649) piṭapiṭa expressing: twitching as of the eye, flickering as of a lamp, peevishness, fastidiousness or mania for cleanliness. পিটপিট করা, পিটপিটানো v. (of the eye etc.) to twitch, to bat (an eyelid); (of a lamp etc.) to flicker; to behave peevishly or fastidiously; to show a mania for cleanliness. পিটপিটানি twitching as of the eye; flickering as of a lamp; peevishness; fastidiousness; a mania for cleanliness. পিটপিটে a. peevish; fastidious; over-scrupulous; stickler; stricken with a mania for cleanliness. 8)

(p. 696) plābinī of প্লাবী । 70)

(p. 667) pauruṣēẏa (rare) pertaining to a man, masculine; man-made. 44)

(p. 629) palaka wink or blink (of eyes); a very short time, an instant, a moment; an eyelid. পলক পড়া v. (of eyes) to close, to wink, to blink. পলক ফেলা v. to wink, to blink. ̃পাত n. closing of eyelids. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. (of eyes) unwinking unblinking; (of sight or look) steadfast, fixed, winkless. পলকে পলকে every moment; in very quick succession. পলকে প্রলয় instant disaster (with little or no warning). পলকের মধ্যে, পলকে adv. in an instant, instantly; in the twinkling of an eye. 9)

(p. 654) purōyāẏī preceding; leading; inaugurating or founding. 63)

(p. 606) patra a leaf (as of a book or a tree); a page (পত্রাঙ্ক); a foil or plate (তাম্রপত্র); a letter, a missive (পত্রপ্রাপ্তি); a piece of paper printed or written (আদেশপত্র); a document or deed (বায়নাপত্র); a written marriage-contract (usu. পাঁতিপত্র); (of a bird) a wing; a correlative of কাগজ, দলিল etc. (চিঠিপত্র, কাগজপত্র, পুঁথিপত্র); a collection, and similar things, etcetera (বিছানাপত্র, মালপত্র, খরচপত্র). পত্র করা v. to make a marriage-contract in writing. পত্র দেওয়া v. to send one a letter, to write a letter to. ̃ক n. a leaf; (bot.) a pinna. ̃কন্টক n. (bot.) a leaf-spine. ̃ক্ষত n. (bot.) a leaf-scar. ̃দারক n. a saw. ̃পত্রিকা n. pl. journals and newspapers. ̃পাঠ n. act of reading a letter. adv. as soon as a letter is read; forthwith, at once, immediately. ̃পুট n. a cup made of tree-leaves. ̃বন্ধু n. a penfriend. ̃বাহ, ̃বাহক n. a carrier or bearer of a letter; a messenger; a postman. ̃বাহী a. mail-carrying, mail. ̃বিনিময় n. act of writing letters to one another; exchange of letters; correspondence. পত্রবিনিময় করা v. to write letters to one another; to correspond (with). বিন্যাস n. (bot.) phyllotaxy. ̃মঞ্জরি n. (bot.) a leafstalk, a petiole. ̃মুকুল n. (bot.) a leafbud. ̃মূল n. (bot.) a leaf-base. ̃মোচন n. (bot.) leaf-fall, defoliation. ̃যোগে adv. by letter. ̃রচনা n. act of writing or composing a letter; (bot.) foliation; (bot.) foliage. ̃রন্ধ্র n. stoma. ̃লেখা n. act of writing a letter; decorative paintings on one's person with sandal-paste or similar articles. ̃হরিত্ n. (bot.) chlorophyl. 35)

(p. 605) paṭāsa expressing: a loud পট্ sound. 13)

(p. 633) pām̐para1 a snack made of the dough of pigeon-pea rolled into thin roundish saucer and eaten after frying in oil or singeing. 17)

(p. 654) purā1 before, formerly, in the past, in ancient times. 37)