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

(p. 240) kuḍ় a medicinal plant; a measure of land (= .33 acre or .13 hectare approx.) a heap (পাঁশকুড়); a slit, a hole; a place for depositing, a depository (আঁস্তাকুড়). 24)

(p. 240) kuṭa2 a fort, a fortress; a hill; a tree. 5)

(p. 228) kālacintaka an astrologer. 66)

(p. 194) kaṇṭhī a one-stringed necklace; the holy basil-necklace of Vaishnavas. 74)

(p. 208) kalagi, kalagā a head-dress, a headgear; a turban; a cock on the top of a headdress. 44)

(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. 219) kāja work, action; a deed, an act; a job, an employment, a service (কাজ থেকে বরখাস্ত); occupation, profession, trade; duty, task (রাজার কাজ প্রজাপালন); practice, habit (আড্ডা দেওয়াই তার কাজ); need, necessity, use (কথায় কাজ কী); motive, business (কী কাজে এসেছ); outcome, result, good result, success (ওষুধে কাজ হয়েছে); artistry (ছবিতে রঙের কাজ). কাজ আদায় করা v. to see that one works properly, to make one work properly; to get a work or task done; to wheedle a thing out of another, to wangle (by persuasion, trickery etc.). কাজও নেই কামাইও নেই always busy with nothing, ever busy with nothing; ever busy with trifles or with useless work; fussy. কাজ করা v. to work; to serve; to be effective. কাজ চলা, কাজ চলে যাওয়া v. & n. to be worth working, to be workable; to do (এতে তোমার কাজ চলবে ?? will it do?). কাজ দেওয়া v. to give employment; to entrust with a work or job, to allocate or allot duties to; to be effective (ওষুধটায় কাজ দিয়েছে); to give service (ঘড়িটা ভাল কাজ দিচ্ছে). কাজ দেখা v. to examine a work done; to supervise a work; to look for an employment or job; (coll.) to be effective (এতে কাজ দেখবে). কাজ দেখানো v. to try to display ostentatiously that one is busy, to be fussily active; to show off; to prove one's worth through work. কাজ বাগানো v. to manage to achieve one's end, to manage to obtain. কাজ বাঁচানো v. to see that one does not lose one's job. কাজ বাজানো v. (usu. dero.—by an insincere worker) to be on duty neglectfully. কাজ হাসিল করা v. to have one's object fulfilled; to have one's object achieved. কাজের কথা useful talk; the main point of a talk; talk about work. কাজের কাজি the right man for a work. কাজের জিনিস useful or valuable thing. কাজের বার useless, out of order; worthless; disabled. কাজের বেলায় কাজি কাজ ফুরোলে পাজি (fig.) ingratitude is the law of the world. কাজের লোক n. an employee; a servant, an active or useful or competent person. 12)

(p. 192) kacchapa the tortoise, the turtle, the chelonian. fem. কচ্ছপী । কচ্ছপের খোলা tortoise-shell, carapace. 45)

(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. 243) kuśāsana2, ku-śāsana misgovernment, misrule, maladministration. 94)

(p. 215) kāi glue; paste; starch. কাই কাই a. gluey; pasty; starchy. 17)

(p. 202) kabajā a hinge; grip; control. 2)

(p. 202) kabala gape; gulp; act of gurgling or rinsing the mouth; forceful occupation; seizure; grip. 9)

(p. 208) kaṣi a straight line drawn with a pen or pencil; a punctuation mark used in Bengali in place of a full stop; the part of the loincloth which is tied round the waist; a tender stone of green mango. 108)