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पेच peć[Pehl. pikhak; Zend pikha], s.m. Turn, winding; revolution; involution; convolution;—twist, coil; plait, fold;—entanglement, complication, maze, perplexity, intricacy, ambiguity; hitch, difficulty, trouble; trick (in wrestling, etc.); artifice, stratagem; wiliness, craftiness; duplicity, deceit;—a roll (of cloth, etc.); a screw; a machine:—peć-ā-peć, s.m. & adj. Twist upon twist, all convolution; all intricacy, etc.;—involved, intricate, etc.:—pećuṭhānā, v.n. To experience trouble, suffer distress or loss:—pećukhaṛnā, v.n. The twist (of anything) to become loose; a screw to come out:—pećbāṅdhnā(-se), To grapple (with, in wrestling):—peć-pāć, peć-pāṅć, s.m.=peć, q.v.:—pećpaṛnā(-meṅ), A difficulty or hitch to arise (in); to occur as a difficulty or obstacle; to become complicated, difficult, or intricate;—to be entangled (in):—peć-tāb, s.m.=peć-o-tāb, q.v.:—peć ćalnā, v.n. An artifice or stratagem to be successful; to prevail by stratagem, etc.:—peć ćunnā(-ke), To bind the twists (of a turban) with care:—peć-dār, adj. Twisted, convoluted, coiled, spiral; winding, sinuous; intricate, complicated, involved; knotty, difficult; ambiguous; crooked, tortuous; artful, tricky, wily, crafty, deceitful:—peć-dar-peć, adj. Coil within coil; involved, entangled, intricate, complex:—pećdenā(-ko), To wind round, to twist; to screw; to circumvent, to deceive:—peć ḍālnā(-meṅ), To entangle (the string of an adversary's paper kite); to throw obstacles or difficulties (in the way of):—peć-kā, adj. (f. -ī) = peć-dār, q.v.:—pećkarnā(-meṅ; or -se), To practise artifices or tricks, to trick, deceive; to complicate;—to grapple (with, in wrestling):—pećkhānā, v.n. To be twisted, etc.; to coil; to writhe; to be perplexed; to fall into difficulties, to sustain a loss:—pećkhulnā, or khul-jānā, v.n. To be untwisted; to be unscrewed:—pećkholnā(-kā), To untwist; to unscrew:—pećlenā(-se); To entangle (the silk of one's paper kite with that of another kite), to fight paper kites;—to meet, to embrace:—peć-o-tāb, peć-tāb, s.m. Twisting and twining; convolution, twisting knots, folds; contortions; restlessness, anxiety, agitation, perplexity, disquietude, distraction, distress; vexation, anger, indignation:—peć-o-tāb khānā, v.n. To twist and turn; to writhe; to suffer distress or anxiety; to be vexed.
Origin: Persian