(p. 194) kaṇṭhi a necklace of the twigs of holy basil worn by Vaishnavas. কণ্ঠি ছেঁড়া to cast out a person from the Vaishnava sect. ̃ধারণ n. initiation into Vaishnavism; act of wearing the holy basil-necklace. ̃ধারী a. wearing a holy basil-necklace. n. a Vaishnava. ̃বদল n. the Vaishnava system of marriage in which the bridegroom and the bride exchange the holy basil-necklaces. 73)

(p. 243) kula1 the jujube. 66)

(p. 259) kōlā a large barrel or cask bulging in the middle; (dial.) a large field or meadow (কোলায় কোলায় চরা). a. corpulent, fat, pot-bellied. কোলা-ব্যাং n. a large species of frog dwelling chiefly in a field. 7)

(p. 226) kāmadāra embroidered. 13)

(p. 262) krabya meat. ক্রব্যাদ n. a cannibal; a carnivore. 8)

(p. 240) kuṭila bent, curved; tortuous, zigzag; crooked; insincere, hypocritical, deceitful, dissimulating (কুটিলচরিত্র, কুটিলচিত্ত, কুটিলস্বভাব); complicated (কুটিল প্রশ্ন). fem. কুটিলা । ̃গামী a. going tortuously or in a zigzag manner; following a crooked path. ̃তা n. the bent state, curvedness, tortuosity, tortuousness; crookedness; angularity (চরিত্রের কুটিলতা); insincerity, hypocrisy, deceitfulness, dissimulation. ̃রেখা n. a curved line, a curve. কুটিলান্তঃকরণ a. crooked at heart, having a crooked heart. 13)

(p. 253) kēmikēla, kēmikyāla a chemical. a. made of chemicals, chemical. 28)

(p. 231) kālasindhu the ocean of time; eternity. 28)

(p. 204) karakaci soft and not yet filled with pulp (করকচি ডাব). n. such a green coconut. 23)

(p. 256) kōn̐ta, kōn̐tha act of straining esp. to evacuate one's bowels, straining oneself as during defecation, tenesmus. কোঁত পাড়া v. same as কোঁথা । 12)

(p. 251) kṛtrima artificial (কৃত্রিম হ্রদ); imitated (কৃত্রিম হিরা = an imitation diamond); synthetic (কৃত্রিম রেশম); counterfeit (কৃত্রিম মুদ্রা); faked, forged (কৃত্রিম দলিল); simulated (কৃত্রিম বেশ); pretended, make-believe (কৃত্রিম আচরণ); false, sham (কৃত্রিম স্নেহ). ̃তা n. artificiality; imitation; state of being synthetic or counterfeit or faked or forged; simulation; pretension, makebelieve; falseness, shamness. 2)

(p. 226) kābuli of Kabul or Afghanistan. n. a native of Kabul or Afghanistan, an Afghan. ̃ওয়ালা n. same as কাবুলি (n.). 5)

(p. 237) kum̐ikum̐i expressing; the suppressed groaning sound of distress caused by hunger, cold, pain etc. কুঁইকুঁই করা v. to utter this sound, to groan. 10)

(p. 208) kalā1 the plantain, the banana; (coll.) nothing, a mare's nest (তুমি আমার কলা করবে) কলা করা v. (coll.) to be able to do nothing or to be able to do no harm. কলা খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a banana; (coll.) to fail in an attempt. ̃গাছ n. a banana tree. কলা দেখানো v. (lit.) to show a plantain; to raise and show one's thumb defiantly or disdainfully; to deceive, to cheat, to befool, to hoodwink; to bite the thumb, to defy. কলাপোড়া খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a burnt banana; (coll.) to fail or be disappointed utterly. কলাবউ, কলাবৌ n. a young banana-plant dressed as a married lady and conceived as a female deity worshipped by Hindus; (loos.) wife of God Ganesha (গণেশ); (euph.) a woman with a long veil or an awkwardly bashful woman. কলার কাঁদি a cluster of plantains. কলার খোলা the curved bark of a banana-tree. কলার ছড়া a bunch of bananas, a row of plantains. কলার বাসনা the dried-up bark of a banana-tree. 62)

(p. 262) kruśa a cross; a cruciform gibbet on which the ancient Romans executed malefactors; the gibbet on which Jesus Christ was crucified, the Cross. ̃বিদ্ধ a. crucified. ক্রূশবিদ্ধ করা v. to crucify. ক্রুশাকার a. cruciform. 36)