(p. 234) kīcaka a variety of hollow bamboo which whistles with the wind; the name of the giantlike brother-in-law and commander-in-chief of Virata (বিরাট) who was killed by Bhima (ভীম) and turned into a rounded heap as described in the Mahabharata. কীচক বধ n. killing of or like Keechaka (কীচক), beating to a mummy. 60)

(p. 243) kumbhaśālā, kumbhaśāla a potter's or claymodeller's workshop; a pottery. 36)

(p. 204) kara2 a tax; customs, a duty; revenue; a toll; a cess; tribute; rent; a rate. ̃গ্রহ, ̃গ্রহণ n. collection of taxes, customs, revenues etc. ̃গ্রাহক, ̃গ্রাহী a. one who collects taxes, revenue etc. n. a taxcollector, a revenue officer etc. (also see কর3). ̃দাতা n. a taxpayer, a ratepayer, one who pays revenue, rent, tribute etc. ̃নির্ধার n. taxation. ̃নির্ধারণ n. assessment (of taxes). ̃পীড়িত a. chafing or fretting under the burden of high taxation. ̃মুক্ত rent-free, exempt from taxes, duty-free, etc. (also see কর4). ̃যোগ্য a. taxable. 20)

(p. 243) kubja humpbacked, hunchbacked. fem. কুব্জা, কুব্জী । কুব্জ লোক a hunchback. 14)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭācuẏā the hedgehog. 14)

(p. 231) kāladharma the spirit or trend of an age, zeitgeist (time-spirit); death as the inevitable final stage of life. 4)

(p. 228) kārakhānā-paridarśaka inspector of factories. 12)

(p. 228) kāla1 next day; tomorrow; last day; yesterday. 51)

(p. 228) kārabāra business, trade; profession; calling; working, action; commerce; a business concern, a mercantile concern; (usu. dero.) an affair. কারবার করা v. to engage in a trade or business; to deal in, to trade in; to trade with; to have commercial transactions (with). কারবারি a. pertaining to business, trading; commercial. কারবারি লোক a businessman, a trader; (dero.) a trafficker. 21)

(p. 206) karē as the result of, resulting from, caused by, due to, for (তাতে করে) করে-কর্মে নেওয়া v. to assist in the management or execution of. 18)

(p. 259) kōlāhala a loud confused noise or shout (as of many persons speaking loudly at the same time), an uproar, a tumult, din and bustle. কোলাহল করা v. to make a loud and confused noise. ̃পূর্ণ a. tumultuous, uproarious; clamorous; full of din and bustle. 9)

(p. 217) kāka the crow. fem. কাকী the female crow. ̃চক্ষু a. as transparent as a crow's eyes, (cp.) crystal-clear. ̃জোত্স্না n. dim or faint moonlight. ̃তন্দ্রা, ̃নিদ্রা n. wary nap or slumber. ̃তাড়ুয়া n. the scarecrow. ̃তালীয় a. (of two or more incidents) coincidental and seemingly related to one another as cause and effect; coincidental; successive but not causally connected. কাকতালীয় ন্যায় post hoc ergo propter hoc (after it, so because of it—a fallacious reasoning). ̃পক্ষ n. a lovelock. ̃পদ n. quotationmarks (' '); a caret (^). ̃পুচ্ছ n. the cuckoo. ̃ফল n. the margosa-tree, the nim. ̃বন্ধ্যা n. a woman who becomes pregnant but once. ̃ভেজা n. & v. getting or to get completely drenched (usu. in rainwater). ˜ভোর n. very early morning. ̃শীর্ষ n. a species of flowertree yielding flowers looking like ducks. ̃স্নান n. brief and careless bath. কাকের ছা বকের ছা extremely bad and illegible handwriting. 17)

(p. 238) kuca1 either of the mammary glands in a woman, (either of) a woman's breasts. 24)

(p. 231) kālarātri a night on which one's death or danger comes; (astrol.) an inauspicious part of the night. 23)

(p. 257) kōptā a kind of fried chop of meat. 20)