(p. 237) kun̐ca a very small and red-coloured stony fruit with a black patch on the top, Abrus precalorius; this is used as a measure of weight esp. by jewellers. 13)

(p. 256) kōn̐ḍ়, kōn̐ḍ়ā a young shoot of a plant esp. of bamboo, cane etc. 11)

(p. 251) kṛṣṭa ploughed, tilled, cultivated; attracted. কৃষ্টি n. ploughing, tillage, cultivation; culture. 18)

(p. 219) kāja work, action; a deed, an act; a job, an employment, a service (কাজ থেকে বরখাস্ত); occupation, profession, trade; duty, task (রাজার কাজ প্রজাপালন); practice, habit (আড্ডা দেওয়াই তার কাজ); need, necessity, use (কথায় কাজ কী); motive, business (কী কাজে এসেছ); outcome, result, good result, success (ওষুধে কাজ হয়েছে); artistry (ছবিতে রঙের কাজ). কাজ আদায় করা v. to see that one works properly, to make one work properly; to get a work or task done; to wheedle a thing out of another, to wangle (by persuasion, trickery etc.). কাজও নেই কামাইও নেই always busy with nothing, ever busy with nothing; ever busy with trifles or with useless work; fussy. কাজ করা v. to work; to serve; to be effective. কাজ চলা, কাজ চলে যাওয়া v. & n. to be worth working, to be workable; to do (এতে তোমার কাজ চলবে ?? will it do?). কাজ দেওয়া v. to give employment; to entrust with a work or job, to allocate or allot duties to; to be effective (ওষুধটায় কাজ দিয়েছে); to give service (ঘড়িটা ভাল কাজ দিচ্ছে). কাজ দেখা v. to examine a work done; to supervise a work; to look for an employment or job; (coll.) to be effective (এতে কাজ দেখবে). কাজ দেখানো v. to try to display ostentatiously that one is busy, to be fussily active; to show off; to prove one's worth through work. কাজ বাগানো v. to manage to achieve one's end, to manage to obtain. কাজ বাঁচানো v. to see that one does not lose one's job. কাজ বাজানো v. (usu. dero.—by an insincere worker) to be on duty neglectfully. কাজ হাসিল করা v. to have one's object fulfilled; to have one's object achieved. কাজের কথা useful talk; the main point of a talk; talk about work. কাজের কাজি the right man for a work. কাজের জিনিস useful or valuable thing. কাজের বার useless, out of order; worthless; disabled. কাজের বেলায় কাজি কাজ ফুরোলে পাজি (fig.) ingratitude is the law of the world. কাজের লোক n. an employee; a servant, an active or useful or competent person. 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. 243) kumbhīpāka a terrible cell of the hell. 38)

(p. 253) kēsa a law-suit; an incident (মজার কেস); a patient (টাইফয়েড কেস); a client or a brief (উকিলটি কেস পান না); a chest or a packing-box (এক কেস মদ), a case. 57)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭā a thorn, a prickle; any longish thing or instrument with a pointed end or ends (চুলের কাঁটা); a pointer (কম্পাসের কাঁটা, দাঁড়িপাল্লার কাঁটা); a fork (used in eating meals); a hand (ঘড়ির কাঁটা); a fishbone; gooseflesh (শীতে বা ভয়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া). কাঁটা দিয়ে কাঁটা তোলা v. (fig.) to set a thief to catch a thief. গায়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া to have gooseflesh; to have shivering, to shiver. পথের কাঁটা (fig.) an obstacle or snag. পথে কাঁটা দেওয়া (fig.) v. to prevent. ̃তার n. barbed wire. ̃নটে n. a variety of spinach. ̃বন n. a hedge full of prickly shrubs. ̃ময় a. thorny. কাঁটায় কাঁটায় adv. punctually; just at. 13)

(p. 259) kōla1 an aboriginal tribe of India; a member of this tribe. 4)

(p. 220) kāṭarā a wooden room or stall; a small wooden enclosure, a box, a dock (সাক্ষীর কাটরা); a mart, a market-place. 24)

(p. 203) kamiśanāra designation of several high public officials (such as, the Divisional Commissioner, the Food Commissioner etc.); a member of a municipal board, a commissioner. 25)

(p. 248) kūrmākāra shaped like (the back of) a tortoise. 31)

(p. 215) kāōrā one of a very low social caste amongst Hindus. 23)

(p. 262) krasa two lines or other objects lying transversely to each other; a cross. ক্রস করা v. to go across; to cross out; to draw a line or lines transversely or vertically; cross; ক্রসিং n. act of crossing; a crossing; a cross-road. 22)

(p. 231) kālapuruṣa (myth.) an attendant or envoy of Yama, the god of death; (astr.) the Orion. 8)