(p. 253) kētāba a book. ̃কীট n. (lit. & fig.) a book-worm. কেতাবি a. bookish. কেতাবি বিদ্যা bookishness; learning acquired from books only; book learning. 10)

(p. 243) kurtā a small jacket or coat or shirt. লালকুর্তা n. the Red Shirts; patriotic and social welfare organization of NorthWest Frontier formed by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan in India's pre-independence days. 61)

(p. 259) kaupa of a draw-well. n. water of a well. 27)

(p. 240) kupi a small oil-lamp; a small oilbottle. 65)

(p. 202) kabarga ক্ খ্ গ্ ঘ্ ঙ্; these five consonants collectively. 8)

(p. 208) kaśēru the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column. কশেরুক a. vertebrate. n. vertebral bone, the backbone. কশেরুকা n. the vertebral bone, the backbone; a vertebra. 101)

(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. 219) kāchā1 a piece of new and unbleached cloth worn round the neck by a Hindu mourning the loss of any of his parents or a similar person. 4)

(p. 219) kāja work, action; a deed, an act; a job, an employment, a service (কাজ থেকে বরখাস্ত); occupation, profession, trade; duty, task (রাজার কাজ প্রজাপালন); practice, habit (আড্ডা দেওয়াই তার কাজ); need, necessity, use (কথায় কাজ কী); motive, business (কী কাজে এসেছ); outcome, result, good result, success (ওষুধে কাজ হয়েছে); artistry (ছবিতে রঙের কাজ). কাজ আদায় করা v. to see that one works properly, to make one work properly; to get a work or task done; to wheedle a thing out of another, to wangle (by persuasion, trickery etc.). কাজও নেই কামাইও নেই always busy with nothing, ever busy with nothing; ever busy with trifles or with useless work; fussy. কাজ করা v. to work; to serve; to be effective. কাজ চলা, কাজ চলে যাওয়া v. & n. to be worth working, to be workable; to do (এতে তোমার কাজ চলবে ?? will it do?). কাজ দেওয়া v. to give employment; to entrust with a work or job, to allocate or allot duties to; to be effective (ওষুধটায় কাজ দিয়েছে); to give service (ঘড়িটা ভাল কাজ দিচ্ছে). কাজ দেখা v. to examine a work done; to supervise a work; to look for an employment or job; (coll.) to be effective (এতে কাজ দেখবে). কাজ দেখানো v. to try to display ostentatiously that one is busy, to be fussily active; to show off; to prove one's worth through work. কাজ বাগানো v. to manage to achieve one's end, to manage to obtain. কাজ বাঁচানো v. to see that one does not lose one's job. কাজ বাজানো v. (usu. dero.—by an insincere worker) to be on duty neglectfully. কাজ হাসিল করা v. to have one's object fulfilled; to have one's object achieved. কাজের কথা useful talk; the main point of a talk; talk about work. কাজের কাজি the right man for a work. কাজের জিনিস useful or valuable thing. কাজের বার useless, out of order; worthless; disabled. কাজের বেলায় কাজি কাজ ফুরোলে পাজি (fig.) ingratitude is the law of the world. কাজের লোক n. an employee; a servant, an active or useful or competent person. 12)

(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. 256) kōn̐ḍ়, kōn̐ḍ়ā a young shoot of a plant esp. of bamboo, cane etc. 11)

(p. 253) kēbina a cabin. 24)

(p. 192) kakṣāntara another room. 19)

(p. 259) kauca a couch. 22)

(p. 203) kamala the water lily, the lotus. ̃-আঁখি n. an eye as beautiful as a lotus; a lotus-eyed man. a. lotus-eyed. ̃কলি, ̃কোরক, ̃কোষ n. a lotus-bud. ̃দল n. a lotus-petal. ̃নয়ন same as কমল-আঁখি । fem. কমলনয়না । ̃যোনি n. an appellation of God Brahma (ব্রহ্মা). ̃লোচন same as কমল-আঁখি fem. কমললোচনা । 10)