(p. 217) kāka the crow. fem. কাকী the female crow. ̃চক্ষু a. as transparent as a crow's eyes, (cp.) crystal-clear. ̃জোত্স্না n. dim or faint moonlight. ̃তন্দ্রা, ̃নিদ্রা n. wary nap or slumber. ̃তাড়ুয়া n. the scarecrow. ̃তালীয় a. (of two or more incidents) coincidental and seemingly related to one another as cause and effect; coincidental; successive but not causally connected. কাকতালীয় ন্যায় post hoc ergo propter hoc (after it, so because of it—a fallacious reasoning). ̃পক্ষ n. a lovelock. ̃পদ n. quotationmarks (' '); a caret (^). ̃পুচ্ছ n. the cuckoo. ̃ফল n. the margosa-tree, the nim. ̃বন্ধ্যা n. a woman who becomes pregnant but once. ̃ভেজা n. & v. getting or to get completely drenched (usu. in rainwater). ˜ভোর n. very early morning. ̃শীর্ষ n. a species of flowertree yielding flowers looking like ducks. ̃স্নান n. brief and careless bath. কাকের ছা বকের ছা extremely bad and illegible handwriting. 17)

(p. 257) kōmala soft; mild, gentle; suave, bland (কোমল ভাষা); sweet; tender, delicate; kind; weak (কোমল হৃদয়); (mus.) flat. n. (mus.) any of the notes in the subdued scale, a flat. fem. কোমলা । কোমল করা, কোমল হওয়া v. to soften. ̃চিত্ত a. soft-hearted, tender-hearted; kind; weak-hearted. ̃তা, ̃ত্ব n. softness; mildness, gentleness; suavity, blandness; sweetness; tenderness; delicacy; kindliness; weakness. ̃প্রকৃতি a. softnatured, tender-hearted, of a mild disposition; kindly-natured; weakhearted, weak-natured. ̃প্রাণ, ̃মতি same as কোমলচিত্ত । ̃স্বভাব same as কোমলপ্রকৃতি fem. কোমলস্বভাবা । হৃদয় same as কোমলচিত্ত । কোমলাঙ্গ a. having a soft or delicate or tender body or limbs, of a delicate frame. fem. কোমলাঙ্গী । কোমলায়ন n. annealing. কোমলায়ন করা v. to anneal. কোমলাস্হি n. a cartilage. 23)

(p. 232) kālōẏāta a man proficient in Indian classical music. কালোয়াতি n. proficiency in the Indian classical music; (sarcas.) act of parading one's superior knowledge or skill in classical music. কালোয়াতি করা v. (sarcas.) to parade one's superior knowledge or skill in anything. কালোয়াতি a. pertaining to Indian classical music or musicians. 35)

(p. 248) kūpa a draw-well, a well; a hole, a cavity (লোমকূপ, কর্ণকূপ). ̃মন্ডূক n. (lit.) a frog that dwells in a well and seldom comes out of it; (fig.) a narrow-minded person with limited knowledge or vision; (fig.) a home-keeping person. 27)

(p. 234) kī (interrogative) what, which (কী খাবে ?); nothing (ও আবার কী বলবে ?); a thing or an amount (জীবনে কত কী ঘটবে, কত কী দেখলাম). কী করে ? adv. how, in what way. কীজন্য ? adv. why, what for. কী প্রকারে, কীভাবে same as কী করে । exclam. how (কী সুন্দর ! how beautiful!) 59)

(p. 217) kān̐di a cluster (কলার কাঁদি). কাঁদি-কাঁদি কলা v. to grow in cluster. 7)

(p. 253) kēśāgra the tip of the hair. কেশাগ্র স্পর্শ করা v. to touch the tip of one's hair. কেশাগ্র স্পর্শ করতে না পারা v. to fail to touch the tip of one's hair; (fig.) to fail to do even the least harm (to). 54)

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

(p. 204) kaẏāla one whose profession is to weigh goods, esp. cereals, at the time of transaction; a professional weighing man, a weighman, a weigher. কয়ালি n. the profession of a weigher; weighage. 15)

(p. 202) kabara a grave; a tomb. কবর দেওয়া v. to bury; to inter; to entomb. ̃খানা n. a burial-ground, a cemetery, a graveyard. 6)

(p. 232) kālājbara kala-azar. 2)

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

(p. 243) kulakṣaṇa an inauspicious sign or mark; a bad omen. a. having an inauspicious sign or mark (esp. on one's person); illomened. fem. কুলক্ষণা । কুলক্ষণ দেখানো v. to forebode or presage ill. 70)

(p. 208) karṣa1 a measure of weight (=.8 oz or 227 gms). 35)

(p. 232) kāśī Banaras or Varanasi (a holy place of Hindus). ̃প্রাপ্তি, ̃লাভ n. death at Kashi; attainment of heaven after death. ̃বাস n. living in Kashi or Banaras. ̃বাসী হওয়া v. become a resident of Kashi; to go to Kashi to live there permanently. ̃শ, ̃শ্বর n. the lord of Kashi; an appellation of Shiva (শিব), the king of Kashi. 41)