(p. 215) kasāi a butcher; (fig.) an extremely cruel or unfeeling or hard-hearted person. ̃খানা n. a slaughter-house, a butchery, a shambles; (fig.) a place of merciless oppression. ̃গিরি n. the profession of a butcher; (fig.) extremely hard-hearted behaviour. 5)

(p. 208) kalatra wife. 48)

(p. 251) kṛṣaka a peasant, a husbandman, ploughman, a cultivator, a farmer. ̃ সম্প্রদায় n. the peasantry. 13)

(p. 194) kaṭu bitter; acrid, pungent (কটুরস); tasting hot (কটু তেল); harsh, acrimonious (কটুবাক্য). কটু হয়ে যাওয়া v. to have the taste or flavour spoilt or fouled, to grow or to run rancid. কটু কথা n. same as কটুক্তি । ̃কাটব্য n. pl. bitter reproaches. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. bitterness; pungency; hot taste; harshness, acrimony. কটু তেল n. mustard oil. ̃ভাষী a. rude or impolite in speech, foul-spoken, foulmouthed. 26)

(p. 256) kōn̐ta, kōn̐tha act of straining esp. to evacuate one's bowels, straining oneself as during defecation, tenesmus. কোঁত পাড়া v. same as কোঁথা । 12)

(p. 231) kālabēlā (astro.) an inauspicious part of the day. 16)

(p. 234) kirakirā, kirakirē full of grains of sand, gritty. 38)

(p. 262) krīta bought, purchased. ̃দাস n. one who has been purchased to be the slave of the buyer for life, a slave. see also দাস । fem. ̃দাসী a. slavewoman; a slave-girl. ̃দাসত্ব n. a slavery. ̃দাসবত্ a. slavish. ̃দাস-ব্যবসায় n. slave-trade. ̃দাস-ব্যবসায়ী n. a slavetrader, a slaver. 33)

(p. 253) kēdārā1 a chair. 13)

(p. 208) kalita calculated; computed; received. 77)

(p. 239) kuñcana curling; shrinking; wrinkling, shrivelling, wizening; contraction; curving, curvature; a curl; shrinkage; a wrinkling; a curve. 27)

(p. 248) kuhu, kuhu the cooing of a cuckoo. ̃কণ্ঠ n. the cuckoo. ̃তান n. the dulcet note of the cuckoo, a cuckoo's sweet and soothing song. ̃রব n. the cooing of a cuckoo; the cuckoo. 22)

(p. 261) kyān̐ca expressing a creaking noise or the sound of chopping. ক্যাঁচক্যাঁচ frequentative ক্যাঁচ sound. ক্যাঁচক্যাঁচ করা v. to make a creaking sound, to creak. 15)

(p. 208) karmōdyama enterprise; enthusiasm; effort, effortfulness. 33)

(p. 192) kaṃsa, kaṃśa bell metal—an alloy of copper and tin, pewter; a vessel of bell metal. 8)