(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. 228) kārmuka a bow. কার্মুকী n. an archer. 46)

(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. 208) karmārha suitable for (beginning) a work; serviceable; fit for work. 28)

(p. 234) kiśalaẏa a green and tender leaf of a tree; a young shoot with such leaves. 52)

(p. 204) kaẏēda a prison, a gaol, a jail (কয়েদে থাকা); imprisonment, duress, confinement (কয়েদ হওয়া). a. imprisoned, jailed, confined. কয়েদ করা v. to imprison; to confine. কয়েদ থাকা v. to be in duress; to be in prison or in confinement. কয়েদ হওয়া v. to be sentenced to imprisonment. ̃খানা n. a guard-room, a guard-house, lock-up, prison. কয়েদি n. a prisoner, a convict. n. imprisoned; confined. 18)

(p. 248) kusuma2 a flower; menstruation, menses; a disease of the eye, the yolk of an egg. ̃কলি, ̃কলিকা, ̃কোরক n. a flower-bud. ̃কার্মুক, ̃চাপ, ̃ধনু, ̃ধন্বা n. appellation of Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love whose bow is made of flowers. ̃কোমল ̃পেলব a. as soft as a flower. ̃দাম n. a flower-wreath, a garland of flowers. ̃বাস n. the scent or perfume of a flower. ̃মালিকা n. a small flower-wreath, a chaplet or small garland of flowers. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. a bed of flowers; a very soft bed; (fig.) ease and comfort. ̃স্তবক n. a bunch of flowers, a bouquet, a nosegay. কুসুমাকর, কুসুমাগম n. the season of flowers, the spring, the vernal season. কুসুমায়ুধ same as কুসুমকার্মুক । কুসুমাসব n. the juice or honey of flowers, the nectar of flowers. কুসুমাস্তীর্ণ a. strewn with flowers; (fig.) (of life) easy going, smooth. 8)

(p. 194) kaphaghna counteracting or removing phlegm or catarrh. 158)

(p. 226) kāmākhyā the presiding goddess of Kamakhya (কামাখ্যা); a holy place in Assam. 22)

(p. 215) kāṃsya, kāṃsa, kāṃsyaka, kāṃsaka bell metal, alloy of copper and tin; a dish of bell metal used as a musical instrument. কাংস্যকার, কাংসকর n. a brazier. 24)

(p. 256) kōṭara a crevice or hollow (বৃক্ষকোটর); a socket (অক্ষিকোটর); a hole; a very small (and usu. dark) room. ̃গত a. hollow, sunken. 31)

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

(p. 243) kuśala1 well-being, weal. a. being well, in weal. কুশলী a. being well, in weal. কুশল জিজ্ঞাসা, কুশল প্রশ্ন n. inquiries about well-being or weal; cordial greeting; good wishes. কুশল হোক may you be in weal, may peace and happiness be with you. 91)

(p. 220) kāna the ear; sense or power of hearing; audition; heed (কথায় কান দেওয়া); an ear-like key of a violin or similar instruments; anything resembling an ear. কান কাটা v. (fig.) to defeat or supersede outright. কান কাটা যাওয়া v. to suffer deep humiliation. কান খাড়া করা v. (fig.) to prick up one's ears, to be all ears. কান ঝালাপালা করা v. to vex or annoy by deafening or discordant noise. কান দেওয়া v. to give attention or ear (to), to listen to, to pay heed (to), to lend an ear (to). কান ধরা v. to pull one's ears (as a mark of chastisement. rebuke or insult). কান না দেওয়া v. to turn a deaf ear (to), to refuse to hear, to pay no heed (to). কান পাকা v. to have pus formed within one's ear-holes. ̃পাটা n. the cluster or lock of hair hanging by the side of ears, sideburns; flap of the ear, lobe of the ear. কান পাতা v. to give ear (to); to pay heed (to). কান ফুটানো, কান বিঁধানো v. to get the lobe of the ear pierced, esp. for wearing earrings. কান ভাঙানো, কান ভারী করা v. to speak to a person secretly in order to prejudice him against another, to earwig. কান মলা v. to pull one's ear, to pull one by the ear; (fig.) to put out of countenance or defeat utterly, to discomfit. কানে আঙুল দেওয়া v. to put one's fingers into one's ears (as a mark of refusal to hear). কানে ওঠা v. to reach the ears or to come to hear. কানে খাটো a. short of hearing, hard of hearing. কানে তালা লাগা v. to have one's ears deafened by loud or ear-splitting noise etc.) কানে তোলা v. to inform (against); to pay heed to. কানে ধরে বলা v. to draw one's attention with rebuke. কানে লাগা v. to sound plausible or acceptable or sweet. ̃-কাটা a. shameless, brazenfaced, unblushing; thick-skinned, unperturbed by ridicule or derision. ̃কুয়া, (coll.) ̃কো n. the gill of a fish etc., the branchia. ̃খুশকি n. an ear-pick. ̃পাতলা a. apt to believe (evil reports about others) without sufficient evidence, credulous. ̃ফাটা1, ̃ফাটানো a. (of sounds etc.) deafening, stunning. ̃ফাটা2 a. of a class of monks with their external ears split (কানফাটা যোগী). ̃বালা n. an earring. ̃ভাঙানি n. speaking secretly to a person in order to prejudice him or her against another, earwigging. 67)

(p. 228) kālajña having the power (usu. astrological) to know which is the right or opportune moment for doing anything. n. such a man; an astrologer. কালজ্ঞান n. (astrol.) knowledge that enables one to determine or divine the right or opportune moment for doing anything; astrology. 69)