(p. 216) kān̐ji the water in which boiled rice has been kept steeped overnight (this water tastes sour). 12)

(p. 243) kulira, kuliraka the crab. 83)

(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. 257) kōmpāni a number of persons trading together; a mercantile firm, a company; the East India Company; the (Indian) government (during the rule of the East India Company). কোম্পানির আমল the regime or times of the East India Company. কোম্পানির কাগজ the Company's securities or papers. কোম্পানির মুলুক the realm or dominion of the East India Company. কোম্পানির লোক (joc.) a government officer, a public servant. কোম্পানির শাসন the rule of the East India Company. 24)

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

(p. 257) kōthā where. ̃ও adv. at or in any place, anywhere. কোথাও কোথাও at or in some places. ̃কার a. of or from which or what place; (in contempt.) of or from an unknown or contemptible place. ̃য় adv. & n. where. কোথা থেকে from where, whence, wherefrom. 9)

(p. 208) kalakabajā machinery. 41)

(p. 253) kēḍ়i, kēḍ়ipōkā a small insect usu. found in long-stored rice. 4)

(p. 259) kōla2 the fold of the body of a person sitting, the lap (কোলে বসা); the flank of a person standing; the middle (মাছের কোল); flank or side or brink or middle (নদীর কোলে); foot, vicinity or neighbourhood (পাহাড়ের কোল); bosom, heart, the inside (সমুদ্রের কোল); an embrace (কোল দেওয়া). কোল জুড়ানো v. (of a child) to give delight to one (usu. the mother) who takes it up on one's lap. কোল দেওয়া v. to embrace; (fig.) to welcome or give shelter. কোলে ওঠা v. to climb up to one's lap or flank. কোলে করা same as কোলে তোলা । কোলে চড়া same as কোলে ওঠা । কোলে তোলা v. to take up in one's arms or to lift to one's flank; to take (up) one one's lap. কোলে বসা v. to sit upon one's lap. কোলে নেওয়া same as কোলে তোলা । কোলে-পিঠে করে মানুষ করা v. to bring up with care and affection (as by the mother or nurse). কোলের সন্তান one's youngest child; a suckling, an infant, a nursling. ̃আঁকড়া a. tied to the mother's apron-strings, too much attached to or dependent on mother. ̃কুঁজো a. stooping sideways. ̃জুড়ানো a. (of a child) causing delight to one (usu. the mother) who takes it on one's lap. কোলজুড়ানো সন্তান a darling child. ̃পোঁছা a. (of a child) last-born. ̃বালিশ n. a bolster. ̃মোছা same as কোলপোঁছা । 5)

(p. 251) kēkara squint-eyed. 35)

(p. 237) kun̐ḍ়ē1 a (usu. small) thatched hut; a poorly made hut, a hovel, a shanty.

(p. 261) kauśala dexterity, skill, artistry; an artifice, a device, an expedient; a trick, a deceptive artifice or make-believe, a stratagem. কৌশল করা v. to devise means; to devise; to play a trick (with or upon); to deceive cleverly or artfully. কৌশলে, ̃ক্রমে adv. artfully; tactfully; by means of a trick or a stratagem, craftily. কৌশলী a. dexterous, skilful; crafty, wily, artful, tricky. 7)

(p. 253) kailāsanātha the lord of the Kailasa mountain; an appellation of Shiva শিব 64)

(p. 194) kadanna bad food; abominable food; food unfit for human consumption. 95)

(p. 232) kāli2 ink; darkness, gloom (মনের কালি); a dark spot, discoloration (চোখের কালি); a. stigma, disgrace (কুলের কালি); soot, smut (ঝুলকালি). চোখের কালি black eye, a black in the eye. জুতোর কালি shoe polish. প্রদীপের কালি lamp-black. কালির আঁচড় (fig.) minimum education or learning. পেটে কালির আঁচড়ও না থাকা not to have even the minimum education or learning, to be completely illiterate. 12)