pisāī fu (a) grinding: आटे की ~ -- of flour; ~ की मशीन -- -machine. (b) grinding charges: आटे की ~ charges for grinding flour.

paṭuā mu jute पटसन.

pāṭhyapustak fc text- book [नई new, निर्धारित prescribed]; इतिहास की ~ -- in history.

puruṣārthī a and mc manly or industrious person; प्रायः शरणार्थी ~ थे most of the refugees were industrious.

punah adv again, once more: मैं ~ कहना चाहता हूँ I want to say --; ~ लिखना to write --, to re- write. [In Sandhi, as a prefix, it also takes the form पुनर्, पुनस् for which see below]

piṭāī fu beating, thrashing: उसकी अच्छी ~ हुई he/she had had a good --; ~ करना to thrash, to beat: उसने कुत्ते की ~ की he thrashed the dog, he gave the dog a --. [v. पिटना, पीटना]

parāt fc parat, a large shallow metal vessel: ~ में गूँधा हुआ आटा रखते हैं they keep kneaded flour in a --.

patra-vyav·hār mu correspondence [आपसी mutual, निजी private, व्यापारिक business, सरकारी official]; किसी से ~ करना to be in ~ with smb, to correspond with smb.

prasārit a ~ करना to broadcast: रेडियो पर वार्ता ~ करना -- a talk on radio.

pã̄chõ a (all) the five [घोड़े horses, कुर्सियाँ chairs, लड़के boys]. △ ~ उँगलियाँ घी में होना to make the best of an opportunity, to have one's bread buttered on both sides; ~ उँगलियाँ बराबर नहीं होती all of a clan are not alike.