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پہلو pahlū

P پہلو pahlū [Pehl. pahru; Z. pereśu; S. pārśva], s.m. A side; flank, wing; a facet;—utility; profit, advantage; indirect or crooked expedient, dishonourable or fraudulent means:—pahlū-par, adv. On the side; on one side, laterally:—pahlū-tihī, s.f. Drawing aside, withdrawing (from); evasion, shirking, neglect;—pahlū-tihī karnā (-meṅ), To draw aside or apart, to draw back (from), to withdraw, retire, retreat; to decline, avoid; to evade, shirk:—pahlū-dār, adj. Having sides, having facets;—profiting, benefiting, advantageous; indirect; ambiguous; specious, dissimulating;—scurrilous (language):—pahlū-nishīn, adj. & s.m. Sitting by the side;—a companion.

پہلو pahlav cf. the above

P پہلو pahlav (cf. the above), s.m. Name of the country where Pehlevī was spoken, ancient Persia;—a city;—a saint;—a hero; a wrestler (=pahlvān).