(p. 2) akṣara any of the letters of the alphabet; a syllable; (fig.) a symbolic letter. ̃জীবী, ̃জীবক n. a scribe; a copyist; a printer or compositor, a writer. ̃পরিচয় n. acquaintance with the alphabet; commencement of education; literacy; (fig.) elementary knowledge. ̃বিন্যাস n. the characteristic style of handwriting. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of versification in which the number of letters and not the sounds in a line is taken into account. ̃মালা n. the alphabet. ̃যোজক n. a compositor. অক্ষরীকরণ n. transliteration. অক্ষরে অক্ষরে to the letter, word for word. verbatim; (fig.) with strict exactitude, rigorously. 95)

(p. 9) aṅkana drawing; painting; marking; writing figures; (geom.) act of plotting; construction. অঙ্কন করা v. to mark; to draw or paint; (geom.) to plot; to construct. অঙ্কনী n. pencil, chalk, brush, etc. for drawing or painting. অঙ্কনীয় a. to be or fit to be marked or drawn or painted or (geom.) plotted or constructed. 8)

(p. 17) adṛṣṭa not seen, unseen. n. fate, luck, fortune; destiny. ̃ক্রমে adv. as ordained by destiny; as luck would have it; by chance; fortunately. ̃দোষে adv. unluckily, unfortunately, as bad luck would have it. ̃পরীক্ষা n. act of telling or learning one's fortune by means of divination, palmistry, etc., act of trying one's luck (esp. in a game of chance) অদৃষ্ট পরীক্ষা করা v. to tell one's fortune. to try one's luck. অদৃষ্ট পরীক্ষা করানো v. to have one's fortune told. ̃পুরুষ n. masc. Destiny; God. ̃পূর্ব a. not seen before; novel, new. ̃বশত adv. as luck would have it; by chance. ̃বাদ n. fatalism. ̃বাদী n. a fatalist. a. fatalistic. ̃লিপি n. the unseen writing of one's fate; one's destiny. অদৃষ্টের পরিহাস irony of fate. 35)

(p. 36) anulikhana similar writing; copying a writing, transcription; transliteration; taking down dictation; a piece of similar writing; a reproduction of written matter, a copy, a transcript; a piece of transliterated or dictated writing. 19)

(p. 36) anulipi a piece of similar writing, a facsimile or duplicate copy of written matter, a transcript, a copy; a piece of transliterated or dictated writing. 20)

(p. 48) apācya indigestible; (fig.-of teaching, writing, books etc.) unintelligible. 30)

(p. 56) abalōpana writing off; state of being written off. 20)

(p. 96) ān̐kā to draw, to trace, to paint; to mark; to write; to describe, to delineate. n. act of drawing or tracing or painting or marking or writing or describing or delineating. a. drawn, traced, painted; marked; written; described, delineated. ̃নো v. to cause to draw or trace or paint or mark or write or describe or delineate. আঁকার হাত n. ability to draw. 21)

(p. 96) ān̐kibuki a scribble, drawing or writing carelessly or unmindfully. 22)

(p. 156) uddṛta quoted (from a writing etc.). উদ্ধৃতাংশ a. passage quoted from a writing etc., an excerpt, an extract; উদ্ধৃতি n. that which is quoted; a quotation (from a writing etc.) 13)

(p. 156) uddharaṇa act of rescuing; act of lifting or reclaiming; quotation from a writing etc. ̃চিহ্ন n. quotation-marks (' '). 11)

(p. 156) uddhāra rescue, deliverance (উদ্ধারলাভ); uplift, emancipation (পতিতোদ্ধার); reclamation, development (লুপ্তোদ্ধার); recovery (স্বাস্হ্যোদ্ধার); removal esp. by extracting or lifting (কন্টকোদ্ধার, পঙ্কোদ্ধার); a quotation from a writing etc. উদ্ধার করা v. to rescue, to deliver; to uplift, to emancipate; to reclaim, to develop; to recover; to remove (esp. by extracting or lifting); to quote from a writing etc.). ̃ক, ̃কর্তা, ̃কারী n. a rescuer, a deliverer, a saviour; an uplifter, an emancipator; a reclaimer; a recoverer; a remover; one who quotes. ̃কার্য n. rescue work; rescue operation. ̃চিহ্ন n. (gr.) quotation marks, inverted commas (' ' or ' '). উদ্ধার পাওয়া, উদ্ধার লাভ করা v. to be rid of an awkward or difficult situation; to be rescued; to be saved. ̃ভবন n. a rescue-home. উদ্ধারাশ্রম n. a home or camp for homeless or rescued persons; a rescue-home. 12)

(p. 194) kadakṣara a letter (of the alphabet) written badly; bad handwriting. a. (of a letter) badly written; one who writes a bad hand. 94)

(p. 208) kalama3 a pen. কলম কাটা, কলম বাড়া v. to mend a pen. কলম চালানো v. to wield a pen; to write. ̃দান, ̃দানি n. a small tray or stand for keeping pens, a pencase, a pen-stand. কলম পেশা v. (dero.) to work as a clerk. কলমপেশা n. clerkship; quill-driving, pen-pushing. a. clerical. ̃বাজ n. (dero.) an expert writer. ̃বাজি n. (dero.) useless writing. কলমের এক খোঁচায় with a stroke of the pen. 55)

(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. 217) kāgaja paper; newspaper; records; a document; a promissory bond. কোম্পানির কাগজ stocks, government securities or bonds. খবরের কাগজ a newspaper. স্বচ্ছ কাগজ tracing paper. কাগজেকলমে adv. in writing or in print, in black and white; only theoretically, on paper. ̃চাপা n. a paper-weight. ̃পত্র n. pl. documents, papers. কাগজি a. of paper; of newspaper; having a papery or very thin covering. n. a paper-manufacturer; a paper dealer. কাগজি মুদ্রা paper money. কাগজের মণ্ড paper pulp. 30)

(p. 220) kāṭana act of cutting or hewing or cleaving or chopping or carving or mowing or lopping or trimming or paring or amputating or incising or operating or biting or eating or penning through or striking off or deducting or digging or sinking or drawing or painting or writing out or mending or sharpening or refuting or protesting or constructing or capping or reciting or picking or pinching or passing or dispelling or dispersing or lifting or giving the slip to or being sold or selling or being in demand or having recognition or flowing or coming out or being in the act of doing etc. (see কাটা v.). 18)

(p. 220) kāṭā to cut; to hew, to cleave; to chop; to carve (মাংস কাটা); to mow (ঘাস কাটা); to lop (গাছের ডাল কাটা); to trim; to pare (নখ কাটা); to amputate; to incise, to operate, to lance (ফোড়া কাটা); to bite (জিভ কাটা); to eat (পোকায় কাটা); to pen through, to strike off (লেখা কাটা, নাম কাটা); to deduct (পাওনা কাটা); to dig (পুকুর কাটা); to sink (কুয়ো কাটা); to draw (লাইন কাটা, দাগ কাটা); to write (আঁক কাটা); to write out (চেক কাটা); to paint (তিলক কাটা); to mend or sharpen (কলম বা পেনসিল কাটা); to refuse (যুক্তি কাটা); to say in retort, to protest (কথা কাটা); to construct (পথ কাটা); to compose, to recite, to cap (ছড়া কাটা); to pinch or pick (পকেট কাটা); to pass (সময় কাটা); to disperse (মেঘ কাটা); to lift (কুয়াশা কাটা); to be dispelled (ভয় কাটা); to make a slip in (তাল কাটা, সুর কাটা); to be sold, to sell, to be in demand (বাজারে মাল কাটা); to be in the act of doing, to do (সাঁতার কাটা). a. cut; hewn, cleft, cloven; chopped; carved; moved, mown; lopped; amputated; incised, operated, lanced; eaten; penned through, struck off; mended, sharpened; used in cutting or chopping (পেনসিল-কাটা ছুরি, মাংস-কাটা ছুরি). n. cutting; hewing; cleaving; chopping; carving; mowing; lopping; trimming; paring; amputation; incision, operation; a mark of cutting or incision or operation; biting; eating; penning through, striking off; deduction; digging; sinking; drawing; writing, writing out; painting; mending or sharpening কথা কাটা v. to answer in retaliation, to retort. কাটা কাপড় textile fabrics for making garments, piecegoods. কাটা ঘায়ে নুনের ছিটা দেওয়া to add insult to injury. ঘাস কাটা v. to mow grass; (sarcas.) (to be able) to do nothing. ছড়া কাটা v. to cap or recite a rhyme. জিভ কাটা v. to show the tip of one's tongue and press it with the teeth, to bite one's tongue (as a mark of bashfulness or in apology.) ট্রেনেকাটা a. run-over by a railway train. ফাঁড়া কাটা v. to avoid or escape a possible or impending calamity. ফুট কাটা v. to let fall in drops; (pop.) to interpose, to chip in. ফোঁড়া কাটা v. to let fall in drops; to put a holy mark between the eyebrows or on the forehead; (pop.) to interpose, to chip in. ভারে কাটা v. to pull one's weight. সাঁতার কাটা v. to swim. সিঁথি কাটা v. to part hair. সিঁধ কাটা v. to break stealthily into a mud house, to burgle; to crack a crib. সুতো কাটা v. to spin. 26)

(p. 226) kābya a poetic saying or utterance; poetry; poetic composition; a poetical work; a book of verse. ̃কলা n. poetics; the poetical art. ̃কুঞ্জ n. the grove of the Muses of poetry. ̃গ্রন্হ n. a poetical work; a book of verse. ̃চর্চা n. exercise in poetry, writing poetry; study of poetry. ̃জগত্ n. the realm of poetry; poets of the world collectively; the realm of imagination. ̃নাটক n. a poetic drama. ̃বিশারদ a. skilled in poetry. n. one who is skilled in poetry; (dero. & sarcas.) a poetaster. ˜রস n. the beauty of poetry, the aesthetic value of poetry; political beauty. ̃রসিক n. one who can appreciate poetry, one who finds pleasure in reading poetry. কাব্যিক a. poetic; unduly poetic. 6)

(p. 237) kīla, kīlaka a bolt; a peg; a stake; a wedge; a nail; a probe. কীলকাকার a. wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneate; (of alphabetical letters) cuneiform, cuneatic. কীলকলিপি n. cuneiform writing. 6)

(p. 271) khaḍ়i chalk (also চা-খড়ি, ফুলখড়ি); silt or alluvial clay (with which the forehead is painted); a cardinal number or a figure (খড়ি পাতা); dry dirt in the form of a crust on the skin (খড়ি ওড়া). খড়ি ও়ড়া, খড়ি ওঠা v. (of skin or body) to give off dry dirt (esp. when rubbed). খড়ি পাতা v. to divine or foretell by means of writing down numbers or drawing figures. হাতে-খড়ি see হাত । 44)

(p. 274) kharōṣṭhī an ancient language of the north-west frontier of India; its script or style of writing, Kharosthi. 34)

(p. 278) khātā a book for writing or scribbling; an account-book, a ledger; a register. খাতা লেখা v. to maintain an accountbook or ledger. ̃পত্র n. pl. books for writing or scribbling; different account-books or ledgers; records; registers. হালখাতা n. a fresh account-book or ledger opened (usu. on the Bengali/Indian New Year's Day) for the coming year; a (religious) festival on the occasion of ceremonial opening of the new account-book or ledger. 9)

(p. 285) khēruẏā, khērō a thick coarse cloth dyed red (used in wrapping books). খেরোখাতা, খেরোর খাতা n. an all-purpose notebook; a notebook for writing down all sorts of accounts. 40)

(p. 329) ghaṣā to rub; to graze; to abrade; to scour. a. rubbed; grazed; abraded; scoured. ঘষা ঘষা a. appearing as grazed or abraded; slightly grazed or abraded. ̃ঘষি n. act of repeated or mutual rubbing or grazing or abrading or scouring; repeated or mutual friction; (fig.) repeated or continuous practice or training or coaching; (fig.) repeated solicitation or endeavour. ̃মাজা n. (of writings) correction and brushing up; act of scouring; (fig.) act of assiduous coaching or training; (fig.) assiduous attempt at improvement. ̃মাজা করা v. to scour; (fig.) to coach or train assiduously; (fig.) to endeavour to improve assiduously; to brush up. ঘষেমেজে রূপ made-up or toileted beauty or glamour, painted beauty or glamour. 61)