(p. 232) kāṣṭha wood; timber. ̃কীট n. termite, white ant. ̃খণ্ড n. a piece of wood or log. ̃পাদুকা n. a (pair of) wooden sandals, a (pair of) clogs. ̃পুত্তলিকা n. a wooden doll or puppet; (fig.) a powerless man, a person with no real authority, a figurehead. ̃ফলক n. a board; a wooden tablet; a plank of wood. ̃বত্ a. (hard and insipid) like wood. ̃মঞ্চ n. a wooden platform. ̃মণ্ড n. woodpulp. ̃ময় a. wooden; woody. ̃মার্জার n. a squirrel. ̃ল a. wooden. ̃হাসি n. an affected smile (esp. for the sake of courtesy), a simper. 45)

(p. 192) kacalākacali act of wringing or squeezing repeatedly; act of rubbing; act of higgling (অনেক কচলাকচলির পর দাম কমাল). কচলাকচলি করা v. to wring or squeeze repeatedly; to rub; to higgle. 33)

(p. 217) kām̐pi (poet. & obs.) tremble or trembles, shudder or shudders, shiver or shivers, shake or shakes, quake or quakes. 11)

(p. 262) klēśa trouble; sorrow; misery; pain. ক্লেশ দেওয়া v. to trouble; to distress; to inflict sorrow or misery (on); to pain. ক্লেশ পাওয়া to be distressed or afflicted; to suffer. ̃কর, ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. troublesome; distressing; painful; difficult. ক্লেশাবহ same as ক্লেশদায়ক । ক্লেশার্জিত a. hard-earned. ক্লেশিত a. one who is being troubled or distressed or pained; troubled; sorrowful; in misery; afflicted, distressed; pained. 58)

(p. 240) kudṛṣṭi an evil eye, a sinister look; (esp. in astrol.) an evil or unfavourable aspect or influence. কুদৃষ্টি দেওয়া v. to cast an evil eye (on); to influence unfavourably. 46)

(p. 240) kuntala hair (of human head); tresses. 56)

(p. 257) kōtōẏāla a policeman; a constable; the chief of a police station; a police chief. কোতোয়ালি n. a police station; the profession of a policeman or a constable or that of the chief of a police station or a police chief. 8)

(p. 194) kandha the shoulder; the head; the body; the trunk, torso. ̃কাটা a. headless; truncated. n. a headless being or spirit. 133)

(p. 234) kilakila, kilabila expressing: movement in a swarm (of fish esp. small ones, worms etc.) কিলকিল করা, কিলবিল করা v. to move in a swarm, to swarm; swimming to and fro (of fish) in shoals. 48)

(p. 261) kyānakēnē (of voice) thin and effeminate. 22)

(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. 194) kañci a bamboo twig; a slip of bamboo. 5)

(p. 243) kurukṣētra a place near New Delhi where the Kauravas (কৌরব) and the Pandavas (পাণ্ডব) of the Mahabharata fought each other; (fig.) a terrible fight or noisy quarrel or brawl (কুরুক্ষেত্র বেধেছে). কুরুক্ষেত্র ব্যাপার (fig.—often facet.) an affair as terrible as the fight of Kurukshetra (কুরুক্ষেত্র). 55)

(p. 220) kāḍ়na (now obs.) act of snatching away; act of seizing by force or tactics; act of lifting or grabbing; act of attracting or enticing (মন কাড়ন); act of uttering or pronouncing (রা কাড়ন). 43)

(p. 203) kamalēkāminī a female deity, described as sitting on a lotus floating in the sea and gorging and disgorging an elephant continuously. 19)