(p. 240) kudina hard times; an inauspicious day. Same as দুর্দিন । 44)

(p. 248) kṛtāparādha one who has committed an offence, guilty, criminal. 45)

(p. 225) kābā a kind of a very long and loosefitting shirt; a quadrangular mosque in Mecca where Muslim Haj pilgrims gather to say their prayers before the holy Black Stone. 20)

(p. 248) kūrmābatāra the second of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) assuming the form of a tortoise. 32)

(p. 194) kapa expressing : the sound of gulping or swallowing quickly. কপকপ int. expressing : repetition of this sound. কপাকপ adv. with this repeated sound. 137)

(p. 239) kucikitsaka an unskilled or inexperienced physician, a bad physician; a medical quack, a quacksalver. 16)

(p. 261) kauraba a descendant of King Kuru (কুরু); any of the one hundred sons of King Dhritarashtra (ধৃতরাষ্ট্র) of the Mahabharata. কৌরব্য, কৌরব্যেয় a. descended from King Kuru (কুরু); relating to the one hundred sons of King Dhritarashtra (ধৃতরাষ্ট্র). 2)

(p. 204) kampāsa an instrument with a magnetized needle used in finding directions, a compass; an instrument with a pair of jointed legs used for describing circles etc., a pair of compasses. 5)

(p. 220) kāna the ear; sense or power of hearing; audition; heed (কথায় কান দেওয়া); an ear-like key of a violin or similar instruments; anything resembling an ear. কান কাটা v. (fig.) to defeat or supersede outright. কান কাটা যাওয়া v. to suffer deep humiliation. কান খাড়া করা v. (fig.) to prick up one's ears, to be all ears. কান ঝালাপালা করা v. to vex or annoy by deafening or discordant noise. কান দেওয়া v. to give attention or ear (to), to listen to, to pay heed (to), to lend an ear (to). কান ধরা v. to pull one's ears (as a mark of chastisement. rebuke or insult). কান না দেওয়া v. to turn a deaf ear (to), to refuse to hear, to pay no heed (to). কান পাকা v. to have pus formed within one's ear-holes. ̃পাটা n. the cluster or lock of hair hanging by the side of ears, sideburns; flap of the ear, lobe of the ear. কান পাতা v. to give ear (to); to pay heed (to). কান ফুটানো, কান বিঁধানো v. to get the lobe of the ear pierced, esp. for wearing earrings. কান ভাঙানো, কান ভারী করা v. to speak to a person secretly in order to prejudice him against another, to earwig. কান মলা v. to pull one's ear, to pull one by the ear; (fig.) to put out of countenance or defeat utterly, to discomfit. কানে আঙুল দেওয়া v. to put one's fingers into one's ears (as a mark of refusal to hear). কানে ওঠা v. to reach the ears or to come to hear. কানে খাটো a. short of hearing, hard of hearing. কানে তালা লাগা v. to have one's ears deafened by loud or ear-splitting noise etc.) কানে তোলা v. to inform (against); to pay heed to. কানে ধরে বলা v. to draw one's attention with rebuke. কানে লাগা v. to sound plausible or acceptable or sweet. ̃-কাটা a. shameless, brazenfaced, unblushing; thick-skinned, unperturbed by ridicule or derision. ̃কুয়া, (coll.) ̃কো n. the gill of a fish etc., the branchia. ̃খুশকি n. an ear-pick. ̃পাতলা a. apt to believe (evil reports about others) without sufficient evidence, credulous. ̃ফাটা1, ̃ফাটানো a. (of sounds etc.) deafening, stunning. ̃ফাটা2 a. of a class of monks with their external ears split (কানফাটা যোগী). ̃বালা n. an earring. ̃ভাঙানি n. speaking secretly to a person in order to prejudice him or her against another, earwigging. 67)

(p. 232) kāṣṭha wood; timber. ̃কীট n. termite, white ant. ̃খণ্ড n. a piece of wood or log. ̃পাদুকা n. a (pair of) wooden sandals, a (pair of) clogs. ̃পুত্তলিকা n. a wooden doll or puppet; (fig.) a powerless man, a person with no real authority, a figurehead. ̃ফলক n. a board; a wooden tablet; a plank of wood. ̃বত্ a. (hard and insipid) like wood. ̃মঞ্চ n. a wooden platform. ̃মণ্ড n. woodpulp. ̃ময় a. wooden; woody. ̃মার্জার n. a squirrel. ̃ল a. wooden. ̃হাসি n. an affected smile (esp. for the sake of courtesy), a simper. 45)

(p. 208) kaluṣa a sin or guilt; a fault; defilement; soil, sully. ̃নাশন a. washing away or purifying a sin or guilt or fault. ̃নাশিনী a. fem. of কলুষনাশন । n. an appellation of Goddess Kali (কালী). কলুষিত a. sinful, guilty, defiled; soiled; vitiated. 80)

(p. 208) kaṣē bān̐dhā to fasten or fastening very tightly. 111)

(p. 203) kamaṇḍalu a water-pot used for religious purposes and also by Hindu ascetics. 6)

(p. 215) kān̐ka1 the heron. 26)

(p. 208) kaṣa a kind of astringent juice of some plants (কলার কষ); stain caused by this juice (কষ লাগা); tannin; touchstone. 102)