(p. 243) kuṣṭhī a leper. 99)

(p. 253) kēllā a fortress, a fort, a stronghold; a castle. ̃দার n. the governor or master of a fort or fortress; a castellan. কেল্লা ফতে করা v. to capture or take a fort or fortress; (fig.) to realize one's end, to achieve one's goal. কেল্লা মাত করা v. to capture a fort or fortress; (in chess) to kill the opponent's castle or to checkmate the opponent by moving one's castle(s); (fig.) to realize one's end, to achieve one's goal, to carry the day. 48)

(p. 206) karja debt, loan. কর্জ করা v. to borrow. কর্জ দেওয়া v. to lend. ̃পত্র n. a bond, a promissory note. ̃শোধ n. repayment of debt. 27)

(p. 248) kuharila (of cuckoo) cooed. 21)

(p. 262) kramōtkarṣa gradual progress or development, evolution. 19)

(p. 234) kināra border, edge (চোখের কিনার); a bank or shore; outskirts (গ্রামের কিনার, শহরের কিনার, বাড়ির কিনার). নদীর কিনার riverside, river-bank. পথের কিনার roadside. সমুদ্রের কিনার seaside, sea-shore, coast. 23)

(p. 259) kōlākuli mutual embracing; warm greeting; (fig.—usu. iron.) alliance or mutual understanding (সেয়ানে সেয়ানে কোলাকুলি). কোলাকুলি করা v. to embrace mutually; to greet (each other) warmly; (fig.—usu. iron.) to enter into an alliance. সেয়ানে সেয়ানে কোলাকুলি two shrewd persons read or try to read each other's mind well; close and even contest or competition between two shrewd persons. 8)

(p. 208) kalpī (chiefly used as a sfx.) inventing, contriving, devising; imagining, fancying; ascribing; resolving; thinking; supposing; creating; composing. 91)

(p. 228) kāladaṇḍa the staff of Yama (যম) the god of death; the scourge of death.

(p. 194) kaṭās denoting: the sound of biting off or cutting off (esp. suddenly) a portion of a hard thing at one stroke; a snapping sound; an imaginary sound made by an ant when it pricks. কটাস্ কটাস্ int. denoting: repetition of any of these sounds. 22)

(p. 262) krauñca a species of the heron or the curlew, the stork. fem. কৌঞ্চী । ̃মিথুন n. pl. a couple or pair (one male and one female) of this bird. 47)

(p. 240) kutarka sophistry; unreasonable or useless argument, false but clever argument (intended mainly to outwit), quibbling. 37)

(p. 203) kamalāsanā an appellation of Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী). 17)

(p. 215) kān̐kara a very small particle of stone, a coarse grain of sand, gravel, grit. কাঁকর দিয়ে ছাওয়া v. to gravel, to cobble. কাঁকরে ছাওয়া পথ n. a gravel-walk; a cobbled road. কাঁকরের খাদ n. a gravel-pit. 32)

(p. 226) kābilanāmā marriage settlement for a wife. 3)