(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. 234) kiśōra adolescent; teenaged. n. an adolescent boy, an adolescent; a teenager; a lad. fem. কিশোরী । ̃বয়স্ক a. adolescent; teenaged. 53)

(p. 238) kukhādya uneatable or forbidden food; food that is not fit for human consumption. 18)

(p. 208) kalama2 a plant grown by grafting; a prism (বাতি-ঝাড়ের কলম). কলম করা v. to grow a plant by grafting, to graft. 54)

(p. 220) kāṭakhōlā a frying-pan without oil or sand. 14)

(p. 240) kutūhala inquisitiveness, curiosity; delight, pleasure; sport. কুতূহলী a. inquisitive, curious; delighted; sportive. কুতূহলে adv. (poet.) delightedly; sportively; owing to delight. 40)

(p. 248) kṛtābhyāsa one who has practised or received training, practised, trained. 47)

(p. 243) kurukṣētra a place near New Delhi where the Kauravas (কৌরব) and the Pandavas (পাণ্ডব) of the Mahabharata fought each other; (fig.) a terrible fight or noisy quarrel or brawl (কুরুক্ষেত্র বেধেছে). কুরুক্ষেত্র ব্যাপার (fig.—often facet.) an affair as terrible as the fight of Kurukshetra (কুরুক্ষেত্র). 55)

(p. 208) karmiṣṭha very active; very much devoted to work; hard-working. 29)

(p. 234) ki rē used in addressing or questioning a person (কি রে কী খবর ? কি রে খাবি নাকি ?). 46)

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

(p. 232) kālēkaṭara, kālēkṭara the official in charge of the administration and revenue collection of a district, a collector. কালেকটরি, কালেক্টরি n. collectorate; collectorship. 28)

(p. 253) kēṭhō2 a wooden vessel or trough. a. made of wood, wooden; (fig.) rough (কেঠো চেহারা). 2)

(p. 194) kathita uttered, pronounced; said, told; narrated, described; mentioned, spoken of কথিত আছে যে it is said that. 91)

(p. 262) krujāra a cruiser. 34)