(p. 248) kusumbha the safflower the juice of which is used in dyeing cloth etc. 11)

(p. 208) kalāpa an ornament esp. one worn round the waist; a peacock's tail; a collection, a multitude (ক্রিয়াকলাপ). কলাপী n. the peacock. fem. কলাপিনী the peahen. 67)

(p. 226) kāmanā a desire, a wish; a wishing; a prayer. কামনা করা v. to desire; to wish; to pray for. ̃নাশ n. annihilation or destruction or extinction of desire. ̃সিদ্ধি n. fulfilment of a desire. 14)

(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. 220) kāṭani1 the charge for spinning. 20)

(p. 220) kāji a Muslim judge or interpreter of laws. 4)

(p. 215) kastākasti mutual wrestling or struggling, a scuffle. কস্তাকস্তি করা v. to wrestle or struggle (with each other). 8)

(p. 238) kun̐da1 to turn (a thing) on a lathe, to shape by turning on a lathe; to carve; to rush forward to attack or beat; to skip, to frisk; to brag. 6)

(p. 202) kabarī hair in the state of being plaited, a chignon; a pigtail; a braid or plait of hair; braiding of hair; hairdessing. ̃বন্ধন n. braiding or plaiting of hair, hairdressing, hairdo. ̃ভূষণ n. any ornament for hair or chignon such as a hairpin or a hairnet. 7)

(p. 243) kuli2 a porter; a labourer. ̃ কামিন n. pl. male and female labourers; a labourer and his wife. ̃ধাওড়া n. the labourers' lines or quarters. 82)

(p. 206) kartukāma willing to do; about to do.

(p. 194) kaḍ়ka, kaḍ়kaca sea salt. 37)

(p. 192) kakēśīẏa Caucasian. n. a Caucasian. 16)

(p. 225) kāptēna, kāptāna the captain of a ship; a military officer holding the rank of a captain; a leader or captain of a team of players or sportsmen; a captain; (sl.) a fop who spends money prodigally in order to play the boss amongst his companions in vulgar amusements. কাপ্তানি n. captaincy; captainship; (sl.) act of spending money foppishly and prodigally in order to play the boss amongst one's companions in vulgar amusements. কাপ্তানি করা v. to captain; to lead; (sl.) to spend money foppishly and prodigally in order to play the boss amongst one's companions in vulgar amusements. 14)

(p. 215) kasura a fault, an offence; a defect, a shortcoming; want or lack; an omission; neglect; a failing. কসুর করা v. to commit an offence; to fail or neglect to do. 6)