(p. 17) adīpa when or where lamps have not yet been lighted (অদীপ সন্ধ্যা); without light; dark. 30)

(p. 41) andha blind, sightless; extremely dark or gloomy. ('অন্ধ তামস'); utterly ignorant. n. a blind person. ̃কূপ n. a dark pit; a black hole. ̃কূপহত্যা n. (hist.) the Blackhole Tragedy. ̃তম a. darkest; extremely dark. ̃তমস n. utter darkness; blinding darkness. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. blindness; utter ignorance. ̃তামিস্র n. utter darkness. a. utterly dark. ̃প্রায় a. almost blind; like a blind; like a blind person. ̃বিশ্বাস n. blind faith. ̃ভাবে adv. blindly; rashly; heedlessly, indiscreetly. অন্ধের কিবা দিন কিবা রাত a blind person cannot distinguish between day and night or between brightness and gloom. অন্ধের নড়ি বা যষ্টি (lit.) a stick by the help of which a blind person moves; a blind man's prop; (fig.) a prop for a helpless or incapable person. 14)

(p. 41) andhakāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; darkened with gloom, dejection etc. (অন্ধকার মুখ); deprived of hope, delight, etc. (অন্ধকার জীবন). অন্ধকার করা v. to make (something) dark, to darken. অন্ধকার দেখা v. (fig.) to be at one's wit's end to find a means of escape from danger; to be stunned. অন্ধকার দেখানো v. (fig.) to overwhelm or bewilder (a person), to knock senseless. অন্ধকার হওয়া v. to become dark, to darken. অন্ধকারে ঢিল মারা (fig.) to make a stray or random attempt to hit, to take an off-chance; to beat about the bush. অন্ধকারে থাকা v. (fig.) to be quite ignorant (of), to be in the dark (about). অন্ধকারে হাতড়ানো v. (lit. & fig.) to grope in the dark. ˜ময় a. full of darkness or gloom; completely dark. অন্ধকারাচ্ছন্ন, অন্ধকারাবৃত a. enveloped in or overcast with darkness; utterly dark; (fig.) utterly ignorant, distressed, depressed or obsessed. 15)

(p. 90) asita the black colour. a. black; sky-coloured, deep blue. fem. অসিতা । ̃পক্ষ n. the dark fortnight of a lunar month. ̃বর্ণ, ̃বরন a. black; deep-blue; dark-complexioned. n. the black colour. অসিতাঙ্গ a. dark-complexioned. অসিতোপল n. sapphire. 5)

(p. 97) ān̐dhāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; deprived of light. আঁধার ঘরের মানিক an object of precious hope and consolation amidst utter misery; silver-lining. মনের আঁধার ignorance; extreme sorrow or dejection. আঁধারি same as আঁধার । 26)

(p. 107) ādami a man; a person; husband. কালা আদমি (dero. or facet.) a dark-skinned man, a coloured man, a blackie. 54)

(p. 126) ālōka light; a beam, a ray; effulgence; lustre, splendour; a flash of light. ̃গৃহ n. a lighthouse. ̃চিত্র n. a photograph; photography. ̃চিত্রকর n. a photographer. ̃চিত্রবিদ্যা n. photography. ̃চ্ছটা n. a flash of light. ̃তড়িত্ n. photo-electricity. ̃তাড়িত a. photo-electric. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. optics. ̃বিহীন a. lightless; dark; gloomy. ̃ময় a. full of light; flooded with light; lightsome. ̃লতা n. a parasitic creeper. ̃শক্তি n. light as an energy. ̃শূন্য same as আলোকবিহীন । ̃সংকেত n. a beacon. ̃সজ্জা n. decoration of a stage etc. with light; illumination. ̃স্তম্ভ n. a lighthouse. আলোকিত a. lighted, illuminated. আলোকোজ্জ্বল a. illuminated; bright with light; lighted. 83)

(p. 143) ujjbala illuminated; bright; luminous; lustrous; radiant; splendent; resplendent; splendorous; splendid; shining; dazzling; beautiful; glorious; vivid. উজ্জ্বল করা v. to illuminate, to illumine; to brighten; to glorify (মুখ উজ্জ্বল করা, বংশ উজ্জ্বল করা); to make vivid, to vivify. উজ্জ্বল হওয়া v. to become illuminated; to brighten (up); to become glorified; to become vivid. উজ্জ্বল রস (rhet.) effect (on the reader's mind) produced by the (final) union of lovers. উজ্জ্বলতা n. brightness; luminousness; lustre; radiance; splendour; shine; dazzle; beauty; glory; vividness. উজ্জ্বল শ্যামবর্ণ a. of a complexion more fair than dark, of a glossy light dark complexion. উজ্জ্বলিত a. illuminated; lighted, enkindled; shining; brightened; radiated; beautified; glorified; vivified. উজ্জ্বলীকরণ n. illumination; act of brightening (up); glorification. উজ্জ্বলীভবন n. act of becoming illuminated or brightened (up) or glorified or vivid. 71)

(p. 194) kajjala eye-wash, eye-salve, collyrium; lampblack; cloud; dark cloud. 2)

(p. 194) kanakānaṭē a dark-red variety of edible spinach, the golden spinach. 115)

(p. 228) kālaciṭē, kālaciṭā black or dark stain. 65)

(p. 228) kālacē blackish; darkish. 68)

(p. 231) kālāguru dark-coloured sandal. 34)

(p. 232) kālāpāni the dark-coloured waters of an ocean or a sea esp. of the Indian Ocean; an ocean, a sea; the Andaman and the Nicobar islands; Port Blair; sentence of transportation from India in the British regime. কালাপানি ঘুরে আসা v. to have served a sentence of transportation from India. কালাপানি পার হওয়া v. to go across a sea or an ocean. 8)

(p. 232) kālimā blackness; darkness, gloom (মনের কালিমা); blemish; disrepute, a stigma (চরিত্রের কালিমা). ̃ময় a. dark, darkened with stigma; stigmatized; disgraceful, defamed. 21)

(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)

(p. 232) kālī an awe-inspiring manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (sarcas.) an extremely dark-skinned girl or woman. ̃তলা n. a place of worshipping Goddess Kali (কালী) esp. in congregation. ̃বাড়ি n. the temple of Goddess Kali. 25)

(p. 232) kālō the black colour. a. black. কালো করা v. to make black, to blacken; to make dark, to darken; to pollute; to defame. কালো হওয়া v. to become black; to blacken; to become dark, to darken; to become polluted or to be defamed. কালো পতাকা n. a black flag (usually shown to somebody, as a mark of protest or disapproval). ̃বাজার the black market. ̃বাজারি n. a black marketeer. 30)

(p. 232) kālōmānika (attributed endearingly or sarcastically to a very dark-skinned person) a black jewel; Lord Krishna. 34)

(p. 248) kuhēlikā, kuhēli, kuhēlī fog, mist. কুহেলীকাময়, কুহেলিকাচ্ছন্ন a. foggy, misty, enveloped in fog or mist; (fig.) mysterious, obscure, dark. 23)

(p. 251) kṛṣṇa (myth.) an incarnation of God Vishnu or Narayana (নারায়ণ), Krishna who was one of the chief characters of the Mahabharata. a. black or deepblue or dark-complexioned (কৃষ্ণকায়, কৃষ্ণমেঘ); dark, gloomy (কৃষ্ণরাত্রি). কৃষ্ণ পাওয়া v. (usu. sarcas.) to have access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) after one's death; to die. ̃কলি n. a flower-plant; its flower. ̃কায় a. dark-complexioned. ̃চন্দন n. the white Sandalwood, Santalum album. ̃চূড়া n. a flowering shrub; its red-coloured flower. ̃জীরে, ̃জীরক n. the black cummin. ̃তা n. blackness. ̃তিথি n. any of the lunar days of the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষ n. the dark fortnight. ̃পক্ষীয় a. of the dark fortnight. ̃প্রাপ্তি n. access to the eternal and celestial company of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); death. ̃বর্ণ a. black, dark-coloured. n. black or dark colour. ̃বর্ত্মা n. fire; (myth. & astro.) the dragon's head, the ascending node. ˜ভক্ত a. devoted to Lord Krishna. n. a devotee of Lord Krishna. ̃মুগ n. a black variety of pigeon-pulse. ̃যাত্রা n. any of the openair dramatic performances enacting the life and activities of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). ̃লোহিত a. & n. purple. ˜লৌহ n. a magnet. ̃সর্প n. a venomous black snake, the krait. ̃সার, ̃শার n. the antelope. ̃সারথি n. Arjuna (অর্জুন) of whom Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) is the charioteer as told in the Mahabharata. ̃সীস n. graphite, black lead. কৃষ্ণা a. fem. dark complexioned. n. a name of Draupadi (দ্রৌপদী) of the Mahabharata. কৃষ্ণাঙ্গ n. the black-skinned; the black people. a. black-skinned. opp. শ্বেতাঙ্গ । কৃষ্ণাগুরু same as কৃষ্ণচন্দন । কৃষ্ণাজিন n. skin of an antelope. কৃষ্ণাভ a. blackish; bluish; darkish. কৃষ্ণাষ্টমী n. the birth-day of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); the eighth lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhadra (ভাদ্র). 19)

(p. 253) kēlē (vul.) dark-skinned; dark-complexioned. black; blackened. কেলে কার্তিক see কার্তিক । কেলে ভূত see ভূত । কেলে হাঁড়ি see হাঁড়ি । 46)

(p. 256) kōṭara a crevice or hollow (বৃক্ষকোটর); a socket (অক্ষিকোটর); a hole; a very small (and usu. dark) room. ̃গত a. hollow, sunken. 31)

(p. 262) kṣīṇa decayed (ক্ষীণ চন্দ্র); lean, thin (ক্ষীণ দেহ); slender (ক্ষীণ কটি); meagre; insufficient (ক্ষীণ আলোক); subdued (ক্ষীণ কণ্ঠ); feeble, weak (ক্ষীণ দৃষ্টি). fem. ক্ষীণা । ক্ষীণ করা v. to decay; to emaciate; to attenuate; to make slender; to lessen (আলো ক্ষীণ করা); to subdue; to enfeeble, to weaken. ক্ষীণ হওয়া v. to decay; to be emaciated; to become slender; to lessen; to become subdued; to become feeble, to weaken. ̃কণ্ঠ n. a feeble or subdued voice, a faint or low voice. a. feeble-voiced; having a subdued voice. ̃কণ্ঠে adv. in a faint or feeble voice; in an undertone. ̃কায় a. leanbodied; emaciated; thin, small (ক্ষীণকায় বই). ̃চন্দ্র n. the waning moon or the moon in wane (that is, the moon of the dark fortnight). ̃চেতা a. feeblehearted, weak-minded. ̃জীবী a. having low vitality; short-lived; frail. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. decayed state; leanness, thinness; emaciation; slenderness; meagreness, insufficiency; subdued state; feebleness, weakness. ̃দৃষ্টি a. weak-sighted. ̃দেহ same as ̃কায় । ̃প্রাণ same as ̃জীবী । ̃বল a. weak; weakened; weak in military strength (ক্ষীণবল রাষ্ট্র). ̃বুদ্ধি a. dull-witted. ̃মতি a. weak-minded. ̃মধ্যা a. fem. having a slender waist. masc. ̃মধ্য । ̃শক্তি same as ̃বল । ̃শ্বাস a. having one's breath failing; dying; completely deprived of vigour; enfeebled; short-lived (ক্ষীণশ্বাস প্রাণ). ̃স্বর n. & a. same as ˜কণ্ঠ । ̃স্বরে adv. same as ̃কণ্ঠে । ক্ষীণাঙ্গী a. (fem.) having a slim body. 100)

(p. 274) khaẏēri of the colour of catechu, dark brown, dark tan. 23)