(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. 206) karitakarmā efficient and industrious; gogetting; smart. 12)

(p. 228) kārpāsa cotton; cotton plant. কার্পাস বীজ n. cotton seed. 42)

(p. 194) kaḍ়i1 a snail-like gastropod resembling a miniature conch, a cowrie; a cowrie-shell (formerly) used as a coin of the smallest denomination; a coin of the smallest denomination (cp. a stiver); money. কানাকড়ি a coin of the smallest denomination which is useless as a medium of exchange; (fig.) of no value, quite ineffective. 49)

(p. 243) kulācārya the hereditary religious guide or preceptor of a family; a matrimonial match-maker versed in genealogy. 77)

(p. 194) kaṇṭhābharaṇa an ornament for the throat; a necklace. 72)

(p. 240) kuṭhari a small room, a chamber, a compartment, a cabin, a cubicle. 20)

(p. 194) kaḍ়āra a condition, a stipulation; a promise. কড়ারি a. conditional. 48)

(p. 208) kalāi1 enamel; enamelling; tinning; plating. কলাই-করা a. enamelled; tinned; plated. কলাই করা v. to enamel; to tin; to plate. কলাইয়ের বাসনকোসন enamelware. কলাই চটে যাওয়া (of utensils) to lose one's enamel. 64)

(p. 208) kaṣṭēsṛṣṭē with considerable or great difficulty. কষ্টেসৃষ্টে চালানো v. to manage with difficulty; to contrive to live on a small income. 115)

(p. 208) kali2 a bud; a shingling style of hairdressing, shingle; the Vaishnavic (বৈষ্ণবীয়) style of painting one's face with sandal-paste (রসকলি); a line of a verse or a song. 72)

(p. 231) kālā2 black; defaced, soiled, dirty, in disrepute, stigmatized (কালা মুখ). n. an appellation of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃কানুন a black act. ̃বাজার the black market. ̃মুখ a. shamefaced; brazen-faced. n. a shamefaced man; a brazen-face; a shameful face. ̃মুখো a. shamefaced; brazen-faced. n. a shamefaced man; a brazen-face; a man of soiled reputation. fem. কালামুখী । 32)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭāla, kān̐ṭhāla the jackfruit. ̃গাছ n. the jack-tree, the jack. ̃চাঁপা n. a yellow flower smelling like a ripe jackfruit. কাঁটালের আমসত্ত্ব (fig.) an impossible thing; a mare's nest. পরের মাথায় কাঁটাল ভাঙা v. (fig.) to make a cat's-paw of another. 15)

(p. 225) kāpa2 one of a section of the Brahmans (ব্রাহ্মণ); dissimulation, pretence, feigning. a. dissimulating, disguised; pretending, feigning; hypocritical; funny, mirth-provoking. কাপ করা v. to pretend, to feign. 5)

(p. 232) kālāśauca the period of mourning that lasts for a year due to the death of any of one's parents or an equally respected kinsman. 11)