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

(p. 226) kāmāra a blacksmith (by trade or caste). fem. কামারনি the wife of a blacksmith. ̃শালা n. a smithy, a forge; a blacksmith's workshop. 30)

(p. 243) kumuda the red or the white lotus; stalk of a lotus. ̃নাথ n. the lord of lotuses; the moon. ̃বতী, কুমুদ্বতী n. a cluster or collection of red or white lotuses; red or white lotuses. a. full of red or white lotuses. কুমুদিনী n. a cluster of red or white lotuses; a pond full of red and white lotuses. কুমুদিনীকান্ত, কুমুদিনীনাথ n. the beloved or lord of lotuses; the moon. কুমুদী n. a stalk of a lotus. কুমুদ্বান a. (of a place) abounding in red or white lotuses. 27)

(p. 216) kān̐ci2 scissors. 9)

(p. 220) kānta (chiefly used as a sfx.) a husband (কমলাকান্ত); a gem or a precious stone (অয়স্কান্ত). a. lovely, beautiful; beloved, dear; charming. 80)

(p. 232) kālāntaka causing universal dissolution; bringing about the end of an age; deadly. n. an appellation of Yama (যম), the god of death. 6)

(p. 259) kōlaha alcohol. 19)

(p. 228) kārpāsa cotton; cotton plant. কার্পাস বীজ n. cotton seed. 42)

(p. 240) kutūhala inquisitiveness, curiosity; delight, pleasure; sport. কুতূহলী a. inquisitive, curious; delighted; sportive. কুতূহলে adv. (poet.) delightedly; sportively; owing to delight. 40)

(p. 220) kātalā a variety of fresh-water flat fish, Catla buchamani; (sacras.) an extremely wealthy or influential or important man. 53)

(p. 231) kālācān̐da an appellation of Lord Krishna (কৃষ্ণ).

(p. 243) kurtā a small jacket or coat or shirt. লালকুর্তা n. the Red Shirts; patriotic and social welfare organization of NorthWest Frontier formed by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan in India's pre-independence days. 61)

(p. 192) kaci (of fruits etc.) fresh and soft; green; (of children, plants etc.) very young and delicate; (of youth etc.) new and tender. কচি আম a green mango the pulp of which has not yet developed. 37)

(p. 243) kubaidya a bad or inept physician; a quack. 13)

(p. 234) kirūpa, kīrūpa of what sort. কিরূপে, কীরূপে adv. in what manner or way, by what means, how. 45)