(p. 208) kalyāṇa welfare, good, benefit; well-being; prosperity; an Indian musical mode. a. happy; doing good, beneficial benefactory; giving prosperity; favourable. কল্যাণী a. & n. fem. of কল্যাণ । কল্যাণীয় a. one (usu. a junior fellow) whose well-being is or should be wished. fem. কল্যাণীয়া । ˜কর, ̃প্রদ a. doing good, beneficial, benefactory; giving prosperity. ̃বর, ̃বরেষু to you or him who deserves (my) good wishes; a form of address in a letter, a younger person deserving affection. fem. কল্যাণীয়াসু । ̃ময় a. beneficent, altruistic; benevolent; benignant, gracious. fem. কল্যাণময়ী । 94)

(p. 220) kāṭakhōṭṭā tough and obstinate; stiff; humourless; unfeeling, unsympathetic; hard-hearted, merciless; uncouth and ill-mannered; rough, outspoken (কাটখোট্টা কথাবার্তা). 13)

(p. 234) kimbadanti, kimbadantī a traditional or familiar report or rumour; hearsay. 6)

(p. 234) kichu a small number or amount of, some. pro. anything (আমি কিছুর মধ্যে নেই). adv. of course (সে এখনই কিছু যাচ্ছে না). একটা কিছু pro. anything; a certain thing, something. a. a certain, some. কিছু কিছু a. a small number or amount of, some. pro. & n. a portion. □ adv. to some extent. কিছুতে adv. in any way, by any means, anyhow. pro. (in or by) anything (কিছুতে অভাব মিটবে না); to anything. কিছুতেই না by no means. কিছু না nothing. কিছু না কিছু something or other; at least something. কিছু পরিমাণ n. some amount (of). 13)

(p. 253) kaiśika capillary. ̃তা n. capillarity. 66)

(p. 204) karada tributary. ̃রাজ্য n. a tributary state, a tributary. 34)

(p. 238) kuṅkuma saffron; the safflower. 23)

(p. 237) kumphu a chinese style of karate, kung fu. 9)

(p. 228) kārtika the seventh month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of October to the middle of November); the name of the god who is the commander-in-chief of heavenly forces; an extremely goodlooking (young) man. কেলেকার্তিক, নবকার্তিক, লোহার কার্তিক n. (sarcas. or dero.) an extremely ugly man. কার্তিকী a. of the month of Kartik (কার্তিকী পূর্ণিমা). কার্তিকেয় n. name of the god who is the commander-in-chief of heavenly forces. 38)

(p. 216) kān̐cakalā a species of plantain which is chiefly used in its green state; (joc.) nothing. আদায় কাঁচকলায় adv. & a. at loggerheads with, at daggers drawn. 3)

(p. 202) kabaji the wrist; grip; control; (fig.) the pulse. 3)

(p. 208) kalāra a collar. কলার তোলা v. to turn up one's collar. 68)

(p. 240) kuṭṭanī a female pander; a procuress, a bawd, a pimp. 16)

(p. 204) kampānbita trembling, tremulous; shivering, shuddering; throbbing; quivering. fem. কম্পান্বিতা । কম্পান্বিত-কলেবর a. trembling all over (esp. being stricken with fear). 4)

(p. 239) kucamukha same as কুচাগ্র । 8)