(p. 243) kumāra2 a young boy; a son; a prince; a crown price; a prince-royal; Kartikeya (কার্তিকেয়) the commander-in-chief of the heavenly hosts; an unmarried or celibate man, a bachelor. ̃ব্রত n. the vow of celibacy. 22)

(p. 220) kādambara the cream of curd; a kind of wine akin to rum. 62)

(p. 228) kālakabala the jaws of death. কালকবলিত a. (lit.) taken or seized by death; dead. কালকবলিত হওয়া v. (lit.) to be taken away or seized by death; to die. 54)

(p. 194) kadāpi same as কদাচ । 107)

(p. 208) kaṣā2 astringent; tight; strict, severe; niggardly, close-fisted; constipative (কষা ধাত); (of meat, fish etc.) signed in oil or fat and with spices. v. to try (gold etc.) on a streak-plate; to work out (a mathematical sum); to calculate (price etc.); to singe (meat, fish etc.) in oil or fat and with spices; to tighten; to bind tightly; to tan (hides); to make astringent. ̃কষি n. unswerving enforcement of rule, law etc; rigour, strictness; act of tightening; tugging and counter-tugging; higgling (দরকষাকষি); strained state, estrangement (মনকষাকষি). কষাকষি করা v. to enforce strictness or rigour; to tighten; to contest or try laboriously. দর কষাকষি করা v. to higgle, to chaffer. মন কষাকষি করা v. to estrange oneself (from); to quarrel (with). কষানো v. to singe meat; to tan (hides). কষাটে a. slightly astringent; (fig.) divested of taste or flavour; (fig.) loathsome, disgusting. কষা মাংস n. singed meat; meat cooked with oil and spices. 106)

(p. 256) kōcinī of কোচ । 26)

(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. 220) kāṭhi a small chip of wood, bamboo, metal etc. (used as a match-stick, toothpick etc.) কাঠি-কাঠি a. composed of very thin bones; very thin. কাঠি দেওয়া v. (vul.) to try to irritate or harm or foil, to baffle or frustrate. 40)

(p. 240) kupita enraged, angered; angry; provoked; (med.) increased, developed, aggravated. কুপিত বায়ু (med.) flatulence, flatulency. 66)

(p. 217) kākōdara the snake. 28)

(p. 203) kamalālaẏā an appellation of Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী). 15)

(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. 203) kamanīẏa lovely, graceful; pleasant; charming; desirable. fem. কমনীয়া । কমনীয়তা n. loveliness, gracefulness; grace; pleasantness; charm; desirability. 7)

(p. 261) kyān̐ṭa expressing peevishness. ক্যাঁটক্যাঁট করা v. to be given to peevish rebuking, to constantly express peevishness, to carp or nag (at); to look over bright or gaudy. ক্যাঁটক্যাঁট করে বলা v. to say with harsh outspokeness. ক্যাঁটকেঁটে a. harsh; peevish; carping; gaudy. 19)

(p. 234) kisama variety, kind, type. 55)