pāīr mc foot: आदमी के दो ~ two feet of a man; घोड़े के चार ~ four feet of a horse; पैरों तले रौंदना to crush/trample under one's feet; नंगे ~ bare- footed; ~ छूना to touch one's feet (in respect); ~ जमाना to consolidate one's footing. △ धरती पर ~ न रखना to assume airs; किसी के ~ पकड़ना to implore smb. = पाँव q. v.

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.

pratipakṣa mu opposition: ~ के लोग people in --; दल के ~ में in -- to the party; ~ का नेता leader of the --.

pāīkeṭ mc packet: चाय (बिस्कुटों, सिगरेट) का ~ a -- of tea (biscuits, cigarettes); ~ बनाना (बाँधना, खोलना) to make (pack, open) a --.

prabhu mc (a) Master, God: हे ~ O God! ~ की दया grace of God.

palak fc eyelid; △ ~ झपकते/ मारते in the twinkling of an eye, in no time; ~ झपकना/मारना to wink, to twinkle; ~ लगना to have a short nap, to close the eye lids; ~ से ~ न लगना to lie wide awake, to have no sleep; पलकें बिछाना to extend respectful welcome; पलकें मूँदना to close the eyelids for ever, to die.

pūrvaj mc [generally pl.] ancestors, forefathers = पुरखा.

pāband a bound: क़ानून या नियमों का ~ रहना to be bound by law or rules, to abide by law or rules; ड्यूटी पर ~ रहना to adhere to one's duty; वक़्त का ~ punctual.

pāūnē a quarter to, a quarter less than: ~ दो बजे हैं it is quarter to two o'clock; ~ तीन सौ two hundred and seventy-five; ~ चार हज़ार three thousand seven hundred and fifty; ~ पाँच किलो या लीटर four and three quarters of a kilo or litre.

prashnachihna mc sign of question, mark of interrogation (?); ~ लगाना to make a --, (fig.) to question the authenticity of.