(p. 251) kṛpaṇa miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, stingy, illiberal, narrowminded. fem. কৃপণা, কৃপণী । ̃তা n. miserliness, niggardliness, close-fistedness, parsimony, stinginess, narrowmindedness. ̃স্বভাব a. miserly or niggardly by nature; illiberal or narrowminded by nature. fem. কৃপণস্বভাবা 5)

(p. 234) kitaba a deceiver, a cheat, a chicaner; a swindler, a gambler; a gamester. 20)

(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. 253) kēlēṅkāri a scandal; infamy; disgrace, disrepute; a scandalous affair or act. ̃জনক a. scandalous; disgraceful; infamous. 47)

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

(p. 204) karabha the young of an elephant; the camel or its young; the mule. fem. করভী ।

(p. 257) kōẏā any of the juicy divisions or sections of a fruit containing the seed, a replum, a legume, a pod (কাঁঠালের কোয়া, কমলালেবুর কোয়া). 26)

(p. 256) kōca a caste amongst Hindus (originally they were fishermen); a member of this caste; an aboriginal tribe of Cochbehar; one of this tribe. 23)

(p. 251) kēcchā a scandal; malicious gossip; a story. 37)

(p. 215) kasarata a physical or athletic feat; an acrobatic feat; a trick; a great effort (পরীক্ষায় পাস করার জন্য কসরত); a show or display of skill; exercise; drill. 4)

(p. 243) kurmi a backward caste amongst Hindus; a member of this caste. 65)

(p. 232) kālimā blackness; darkness, gloom (মনের কালিমা); blemish; disrepute, a stigma (চরিত্রের কালিমা). ̃ময় a. dark, darkened with stigma; stigmatized; disgraceful, defamed. 21)

(p. 194) kaṭāla spring tide; flood-tide. ভরাকটাল n. spring tide; flood-tide. মরাকটাল n. neap tide; ebb-tide. 21)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭā a thorn, a prickle; any longish thing or instrument with a pointed end or ends (চুলের কাঁটা); a pointer (কম্পাসের কাঁটা, দাঁড়িপাল্লার কাঁটা); a fork (used in eating meals); a hand (ঘড়ির কাঁটা); a fishbone; gooseflesh (শীতে বা ভয়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া). কাঁটা দিয়ে কাঁটা তোলা v. (fig.) to set a thief to catch a thief. গায়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া to have gooseflesh; to have shivering, to shiver. পথের কাঁটা (fig.) an obstacle or snag. পথে কাঁটা দেওয়া (fig.) v. to prevent. ̃তার n. barbed wire. ̃নটে n. a variety of spinach. ̃বন n. a hedge full of prickly shrubs. ̃ময় a. thorny. কাঁটায় কাঁটায় adv. punctually; just at. 13)

(p. 208) kaliṅga Orissa including the Dravidian region on its south. 75)