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poste restante chitthī jamā
                                       no problem! kōī dikkat nahī!
                karne vālā dāk-khānā
               post office dāk-khānā  program(me) (noun) prōgrām,   English
                                       kārykram (H)
               potato ālū             promise: I promise (said by
               potato chips krisp      man/woman) mA vādā kartā/  š
               pots and pans bhānde-bartan  kartī hū
               pottery mittī ke bartan  pronounce: how is this
               pound (money) pawnd (pasā)  pronounced? iskō kase bōlte   Hindi/Urdu
                (weight) pawnd (vazan)   hA?
               power cut bijlī kī katawtī  properly (repaired, locked etc)
               power point bijlī kā saket  thīk tarah se
               practise: I want to practise  Protestant prōtastant īsāī
                my Hindi (said by man/woman)  public convenience
                mA apnī hindī istemāl karnā   shawchālay (H), pākhānā (U)
                chāhtā/chāhtī hū      public holiday sarkārī chhuttī
               prawns jhīngā          pudding (dessert) mithāī
               prefer: I prefer ... mujhe ...   pull khīchnā
                jyādā pasand ha       pullover svetar
               pregnant garbhvatī (H), hāmilā   puncture panchar
                (U)                   Punjabi panjābī
               prescription (for medicine)  purple bAjnī
                nuskhā                purse (for money) batuā
               present (gift) tōhfā    (US) hand bag
               president (of country) rāshtrpati   push dhakkā denā  ABCDEFGHIJKLQu
                (H), sadar (U)        pushchair bacchā gārī
               pretty khūbsuarat      put rakhnā
                it’s pretty expensive ye kāfī   where can I put ...? (said by
                mahangā ha             man/woman) mA ... kahā rakh
               price kīmat             saktā/saktī hū?
               priest purōhit (H), imām (U)  could you put us up for
               prime minister pradhān   the night? āpke pās ek rāt
                mantrī (H), vazīre-āzam (U)  thaharne ke liye jagah hōgī?
               printed matter chhapī huī chīz  pyjamas pāyjāmā
               prison jel
               private nijī           Q
               private bathroom nijī
                gusalkhānā
               probably shāyad        quality khāsiyat, gun (H)
               problem maslā, samasyā (H)  quarantine kvārantīn
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