(p. 228) kāẏēma firm, steady, durable, permanent (কায়েম হওয়া); firmly established (রাজ্য কায়েম হওয়া); intact, in force (কায়েম থাকা). কায়েমি a. firm; durable; permanent (কায়েমি বন্দোবস্ত). কায়েমি স্বার্থ বা কায়েমি স্বার্থবাদী লোকজন vested interests. 4)

(p. 206) karalā a variety of kitchen vegetable having a bitter taste, the larger variety of bitter gourd. 3)

(p. 194) kadartha a distorted meaning; a misinterpretation; a perverted meaning. কদর্থ করা v. to distort or pervert the meaning (of); to misinterpret. ̃ন, ̃না n. distortion or perversion of meaning; misinterpretation; censure. কদর্থিত a. having the meaning distorted or perverted; misinterpreted. 101)

(p. 208) kaliṅga Orissa including the Dravidian region on its south. 75)

(p. 204) kampāunḍāra one who prepares medicines according to a doctor's prescription; a pharmacist. 2)

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

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

(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. 208) kalā1 the plantain, the banana; (coll.) nothing, a mare's nest (তুমি আমার কলা করবে) কলা করা v. (coll.) to be able to do nothing or to be able to do no harm. কলা খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a banana; (coll.) to fail in an attempt. ̃গাছ n. a banana tree. কলা দেখানো v. (lit.) to show a plantain; to raise and show one's thumb defiantly or disdainfully; to deceive, to cheat, to befool, to hoodwink; to bite the thumb, to defy. কলাপোড়া খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a burnt banana; (coll.) to fail or be disappointed utterly. কলাবউ, কলাবৌ n. a young banana-plant dressed as a married lady and conceived as a female deity worshipped by Hindus; (loos.) wife of God Ganesha (গণেশ); (euph.) a woman with a long veil or an awkwardly bashful woman. কলার কাঁদি a cluster of plantains. কলার খোলা the curved bark of a banana-tree. কলার ছড়া a bunch of bananas, a row of plantains. কলার বাসনা the dried-up bark of a banana-tree. 62)

(p. 204) kaẏētabēla a shelled fruit with sour pulp akin to the wood-apple. 17)

(p. 208) kalāi1 enamel; enamelling; tinning; plating. কলাই-করা a. enamelled; tinned; plated. কলাই করা v. to enamel; to tin; to plate. কলাইয়ের বাসনকোসন enamelware. কলাই চটে যাওয়া (of utensils) to lose one's enamel. 64)

(p. 234) kiraṇa a ray or beam or gleam (of light). কিরণ দেওয়া v. to emit rays, to send forth rays; to radiate, to shine. ̃চ্ছটা n. the glow of rays. ̃জাল n. the mesh of rays. ̃পাত, ̃বর্ষণ n. shedding of rays, radiation. ̃পাত করা, ̃বর্ষণ করা v. to shed or emit rays, to radiate. কিরণ বিকিরণ n. radiation. কিরণ বিকিরণ করা v. to radiate. ̃ময়, (inc.) কিরণ্ময় a. full of rays, emitting rays, radiant. fem. কিরণময়ী,, (inc.) কিরণ্ময়ী । ̃মালী n. the sun (for it is garlanded with rays). ̃সম্পাত same as কিরণপাত । 39)

(p. 192) kaṅkata a comb; the gill (of the fish). কঙ্কতিকা, কঙ্কতী n. a comb. 24)

(p. 194) kapardaka a snail-like gastropod resembling a miniature conch, a cowrie; a cowrie-shell used as a coin or medium of exchange of the smallest denomination; a coin of the smallest denomination, (cp.) a stiver. ̃বিহীন, ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. penniless, (coll.) broke; extremely poor. 141)

(p. 262) krabya meat. ক্রব্যাদ n. a cannibal; a carnivore. 8)