(p. 206) kartabya that which is proper or ought to be done; proper. n. duty. কর্তব্য করা v. to do one's duty. ̃কর্ম n. duty; an obligation. ̃চ্যুত a. failed in one's duty. ̃চ্যুতি n. failure in one's duty, dereliction of duty. ̃জ্ঞান n. sense of duty. ̃তা n. propriety. ̃নিষ্ঠ, ̃পরায়ণ a. dutiful, duteous. ̃নিষ্ঠা, ̃পরায়ণতা n. dutifulness, duteousness, devotion to duty; (loos.) fidelity. ̃পালন n. act of doing one's duty. কর্তব্যপালন করা v. to do one's duty. ̃প্রিয় same as কর্তব্যপরায়ণ । ̃বিমুখ a. undutiful. ̃বিমুখতা n. undutifulness. ̃বিমূঢ় a. at a loss to determine one's duty; bewildered. ̃বিমূঢ়তা n. bewilderment, failure to discern what to do. ̃বুদ্ধি n. sense of duty. ̃ভ্রষ্ট same as কর্তব্যচ্যুত । ̃ভ্রষ্টতা same as কর্তব্যচ্যুতি । কর্তব্যাকর্তব্য বোধ n. power of discriminating between what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. কর্তব্যানুরাগ same as কর্তব্যপরায়ণতা । কর্তব্যানুরাগী same as কর্তব্যপরায়ণ । কর্তব্যানুরোধে adv. for the sake of duty or obligation. 33)

(p. 243) kulakula expressing: the babbling noise as of a flowing river. কুলকুল করা v. to babble (like a river). 69)

(p. 217) kām̐sara a dish of bell metal (alloy of copper and tin) used as a musical instrument. 14)

(p. 231) kālabaiśākhī a storm or strong wind that rises in the afternoons of April and May, a nor'wester. 17)

(p. 208) kalā1 the plantain, the banana; (coll.) nothing, a mare's nest (তুমি আমার কলা করবে) কলা করা v. (coll.) to be able to do nothing or to be able to do no harm. কলা খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a banana; (coll.) to fail in an attempt. ̃গাছ n. a banana tree. কলা দেখানো v. (lit.) to show a plantain; to raise and show one's thumb defiantly or disdainfully; to deceive, to cheat, to befool, to hoodwink; to bite the thumb, to defy. কলাপোড়া খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a burnt banana; (coll.) to fail or be disappointed utterly. কলাবউ, কলাবৌ n. a young banana-plant dressed as a married lady and conceived as a female deity worshipped by Hindus; (loos.) wife of God Ganesha (গণেশ); (euph.) a woman with a long veil or an awkwardly bashful woman. কলার কাঁদি a cluster of plantains. কলার খোলা the curved bark of a banana-tree. কলার ছড়া a bunch of bananas, a row of plantains. কলার বাসনা the dried-up bark of a banana-tree. 62)

(p. 259) kōṣī a small canoe-shaped spoon (usu. made of copper) for taking up water out of a কোষা । 14)

(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. 226) kāmaṭha of or pertaining to the tortoise. n. tortoise meat; (dial.) the tortoise. 10)

(p. 234) kimbā or; on the other hand; or; alternatively. 7)

(p. 243) kuṣmāṇḍa the evergreen variety of the pumpkin; the pumpkin; (fig.) a worthless person. 100)

(p. 206) karalā a variety of kitchen vegetable having a bitter taste, the larger variety of bitter gourd. 3)

(p. 215) kān̐karōla a kind of cucurbitaceous kitchen vegetable. 33)

(p. 226) kābuli of Kabul or Afghanistan. n. a native of Kabul or Afghanistan, an Afghan. ̃ওয়ালা n. same as কাবুলি (n.). 5)

(p. 194) kapikētana a chariot on the top of which sits a monkey; Arjuna (অর্জুন) of the Mahabharata for he had such a chariot. 150)

(p. 231) kālabilamba delay; delay for a moment. কালবিলম্ব না করা v. to refrain from delaying or losing time. কালবিলম্ব না করে without delay, without loss of time. 14)