(p. 248) kusantāna a bad or wicked child; an unworthy son or daughter. 4)

(p. 232) kāstē a sickle, a scythe. 51)

(p. 208) kalakā leafy decoration; decorative embroidery in the borders of a sari, shawl etc. ̃দার a. decorated with leafy designs; embroidered. ̃পাড়, ̃পেড়ে a. having an embroidered border. 42)

(p. 256) kōcabāksa a coach-box. 25)

(p. 251) kṛṣya ploughable; arable; cultivable. 20)

(p. 243) kuli2 a porter; a labourer. ̃ কামিন n. pl. male and female labourers; a labourer and his wife. ̃ধাওড়া n. the labourers' lines or quarters. 82)

(p. 253) kērala Kerala, a south-Indian state; an inhabitant of Kerala (কেরল). 37)

(p. 248) kūṭa shrewd, subtle (কূটবুদ্ধি); complicated, intricate (কূটপ্রশ্ন); tricky, deceptive (কূটচাল); false, fabricated (কূটসাক্ষ্য); cooked up, got-up, framed up (কূট মোকদ্দমা); crooked (কূটচরিত্র); diplomatic, politic (কূটনীতি). n. an incomprehensible or unexpoundable couplet or saying (ব্যাসকূট); a mountainpeak (চিত্রকূট); the top of anything (প্রাসাদকূট); a heap (অন্নকূট); a trap; a trick; (rhet.) a paradox. ̃চাল n. obstacles and hindrances; intricacies; useless arguments; sophistry. ̃কচালে a. intricate; incomprehensible; full of obstacles and hindrances; given to useless arguments or sophistry. ̃কর্ম n. forgery; swindling; fraud. ̃কৌশল n. shrewd tricky or crafty policy; tricky or shrewd contrivance or device. ̃ঘাত n. sabotage. ̃ঘাতী a. pertaining to or of the nature of sabotage. n. a saboteur. ̃জ n. a medicinal plant usu. grown on hillsides. ̃তর্ক n. scholastic but useless arguments, sophistry. ̃তার্কিক n. one given to sophistry, a sophist. ̃তুলা n. a false scale or balance (esp. made to deceive buyers). ̃নীতি n. diplomacy; shrewd politics; shrewdness; politics. ̃নীতিক a. diplomatic; shrewd; political. n. a diplomat. ̃নীতিজ্ঞ a. shrewd; versed in diplomacy. n. a diplomat. ̃নৈতিক same as কূটনীতিক । ̃প্রশ্ন n. an intricate question, a poser; a riddle, a puzzle. ̃বন্ধ n. a trap, a snare. ̃বুদ্ধি a. crooked, wily, guileful, crafty. n. crookedness, wile, guile, craftiness. ̃ভাষী a. given to speaking in riddles; given to lying. ̃যন্ত্র n. a trapping device, a trap. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a diplomatic fight, manoeuvring and counter-manoeuvring in diplomacy. ̃সাক্ষী n. a false witness; a tutored or got-up witness. ̃সাক্ষ্য n. false evidence, perjury. ̃স্হ a. (phil.) eternally uniform or unchanging (যেমন- ঈশ্বর, আকাশ); occult, latent (কূটস্হ চৈতন্য). কূটাভাস n. (rhet.) a paradox. কূটার্থ n. far-fetched meaning; an implied or implicit meaning, implication; a distorted meaning. 26)

(p. 208) kaṣi a straight line drawn with a pen or pencil; a punctuation mark used in Bengali in place of a full stop; the part of the loincloth which is tied round the waist; a tender stone of green mango. 108)

(p. 226) kābuli of Kabul or Afghanistan. n. a native of Kabul or Afghanistan, an Afghan. ̃ওয়ালা n. same as কাবুলি (n.). 5)

(p. 194) kaṭāla spring tide; flood-tide. ভরাকটাল n. spring tide; flood-tide. মরাকটাল n. neap tide; ebb-tide. 21)

(p. 194) kat the pointed end of a quill-pen, a nib. 81)

(p. 248) kṛtāhnika one who has performed one's daily religious services or prayer. 49)

(p. 248) kṛtī proficient; successful; one who has accomplished a great task or has been successful in a great effort; successful in life; well-educated, erudite, learned. 53)

(p. 248) kṛtya that which ought to be or is to be done. n. a duty, a task (নিত্যকৃত্য, প্রাতঃকৃত্য); (gr.) a system of adding suffixes to words. ̃ক n. a public department, public service (শিক্ষণ-কৃত্যক = the educational service). কৃত্যকবই n. a service-book. কৃত্যক সূচি n. service-roll. ̃সূচি a. agenda. কৃত্যা n. fem. enchantment, witchery; an act or deed. কৃত্যাকৃত্য n. what ought to be and ought not to be done.