(p. 253) kērāni an office-clerk, a clerk. ̃গিরি n. clerkship. মাছিমারা কেরানি a. clerk or copyist who does his routine business or daily score or duty without using his discretion; an incompetent or unintelligent worker. 39)

(p. 208) karmānubandha the course of business; necessity caused by business. 21)

(p. 228) kāra4 used as a sfx. indicating: a doer, a maker, a performer, an author, an artist, an artisan etc. (কুম্ভকার, সূপকার, গ্রন্হকার, রূপকার, স্বর্ণকার); utterance (জয়জয়কার, ধিক্কার); an act (নমস্কার, বহিস্কার) any of the post-consonantal symbols (আ-কার, এ-কার); indicative of the genitive case (অদ্যকার, বত্সরকার). 7)

(p. 243) kuphala a bad result or consequence or effect; harmful effect. 5)

(p. 243) kumbhamēlā a duodecennial religious gathering of ascetics at one of the 4 holy places—Haridwar, Ujjaini, Nasik, Allahabad (Prayag). 34)

(p. 240) kunikā a unit of dry measure of rice, pigeon-pulses etc.; a vessel for measuring this amount. 53)

(p. 208) kalamā any of the principal words of an Islamic prayer. কলমা পড়া v. to pray according to the Islamic scriptures. 57)

(p. 234) kinā2, ki nā whether or not, if (সে যাবে কি না ঠিক নেই); a meaningless word, used to emphasize or sweeten one's speech (বুঝলে কিনা). 22)

(p. 217) kācakupi a funnel made of glass, a glass funnel. 34)

(p. 194) kaniṣṭha smallest; youngest; (loos. but pop.) younger (সহদেব কনিষ্ঠ পাণ্ডব). n. a younger or the youngest brother or son. কনিষ্ঠা a. & n. fem. of কনিষ্ঠ । □ n. the little finger or toe. 118)

(p. 248) kuharaṇa act of cooing; the note of a cuckoo. 17)

(p. 228) kārṣāpaṇa ancient value in silver equal to 128 cowries (কড়ি). 49)

(p. 194) kaḍ়i2 a joist. 50)

(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. 238) kukari a short dagger, a stiletto. 10)