(p. 237) kīrtana narration (যশঃকীর্তন); glorification; celebration, extolment; act of singing in praise; a song in praise; act of singing the names of God; any of the songs about Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ) or act of singing these songs. কীর্তন করা, কীর্তন গাওয়া v. to sing songs about Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); to narrate; to glorify; to celebrate, to extol; to sing in praise; to sing the names of God. কীর্তনাঙ্গ n. any of the modes of singing songs about Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). কীর্তনীয় a. worthy of being narrated or celebrated; praiseworthy. কীর্তনীয়া,, (coll.) কীর্তনে n. a singer of songs about Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). a. singing those songs. 2)

(p. 253) kēlē (vul.) dark-skinned; dark-complexioned. black; blackened. কেলে কার্তিক see কার্তিক । কেলে ভূত see ভূত । কেলে হাঁড়ি see হাঁড়ি । 46)

(p. 194) kaḍ়ā2 a coin of smallest value (usu. denominated by cowries or small conch-shells), a cowrie, এক কড়া (to the) smallest amount or degree; an iota. ̃কিয়া n. a table for counting cowries from 1 to 1. ̃ক্রান্তি see ক্রান্তি । কড়ায় গণ্ডায় adv. to the last farthing; completely, thoroughly. 44)

(p. 243) kubākya rude or harsh words, abusive language. 8)

(p. 237) kumphu a chinese style of karate, kung fu. 9)

(p. 220) kāṭā to cut; to hew, to cleave; to chop; to carve (মাংস কাটা); to mow (ঘাস কাটা); to lop (গাছের ডাল কাটা); to trim; to pare (নখ কাটা); to amputate; to incise, to operate, to lance (ফোড়া কাটা); to bite (জিভ কাটা); to eat (পোকায় কাটা); to pen through, to strike off (লেখা কাটা, নাম কাটা); to deduct (পাওনা কাটা); to dig (পুকুর কাটা); to sink (কুয়ো কাটা); to draw (লাইন কাটা, দাগ কাটা); to write (আঁক কাটা); to write out (চেক কাটা); to paint (তিলক কাটা); to mend or sharpen (কলম বা পেনসিল কাটা); to refuse (যুক্তি কাটা); to say in retort, to protest (কথা কাটা); to construct (পথ কাটা); to compose, to recite, to cap (ছড়া কাটা); to pinch or pick (পকেট কাটা); to pass (সময় কাটা); to disperse (মেঘ কাটা); to lift (কুয়াশা কাটা); to be dispelled (ভয় কাটা); to make a slip in (তাল কাটা, সুর কাটা); to be sold, to sell, to be in demand (বাজারে মাল কাটা); to be in the act of doing, to do (সাঁতার কাটা). a. cut; hewn, cleft, cloven; chopped; carved; moved, mown; lopped; amputated; incised, operated, lanced; eaten; penned through, struck off; mended, sharpened; used in cutting or chopping (পেনসিল-কাটা ছুরি, মাংস-কাটা ছুরি). n. cutting; hewing; cleaving; chopping; carving; mowing; lopping; trimming; paring; amputation; incision, operation; a mark of cutting or incision or operation; biting; eating; penning through, striking off; deduction; digging; sinking; drawing; writing, writing out; painting; mending or sharpening কথা কাটা v. to answer in retaliation, to retort. কাটা কাপড় textile fabrics for making garments, piecegoods. কাটা ঘায়ে নুনের ছিটা দেওয়া to add insult to injury. ঘাস কাটা v. to mow grass; (sarcas.) (to be able) to do nothing. ছড়া কাটা v. to cap or recite a rhyme. জিভ কাটা v. to show the tip of one's tongue and press it with the teeth, to bite one's tongue (as a mark of bashfulness or in apology.) ট্রেনেকাটা a. run-over by a railway train. ফাঁড়া কাটা v. to avoid or escape a possible or impending calamity. ফুট কাটা v. to let fall in drops; (pop.) to interpose, to chip in. ফোঁড়া কাটা v. to let fall in drops; to put a holy mark between the eyebrows or on the forehead; (pop.) to interpose, to chip in. ভারে কাটা v. to pull one's weight. সাঁতার কাটা v. to swim. সিঁথি কাটা v. to part hair. সিঁধ কাটা v. to break stealthily into a mud house, to burgle; to crack a crib. সুতো কাটা v. to spin. 26)

(p. 204) kambu a conch. ̃কণ্ঠ n. a neck striated like a conch; a voice as grave and loud as the sound made by the blowing of a conch. a. possessing such a neck or voice. fem. কম্বুণ্ঠী । ̃গ্রীব a. possessing a neck striated like a conch. ̃গ্রীবা n. a neck striated like a conch. ̃নাদ n. sound as grave and loud as the sound made by the blowing of a conch; the sound made by the blowing a conch. ̃রেখা n. a stria or thin line or linear mark as on a conch. 11)

(p. 204) karaṇa doing or working or performing; accomplishment, execution, action; a work done, a deed, an act; a cause or motive; any of the sense organs; body; physique; a place, a field; a place where business is carried on, an office; (gr.) the instrumental case. ̃কারক n. (gr.) the instrumental case. ̃কারণ n. exchange of gifts at a wedding. 29)

(p. 220) kādambinī a collection of clouds. 65)

(p. 262) klība a man divested of manliness; a sexually impotent man; an asexual or neuter human being. a. unmanly; cowardly; sexually impotent; asexual or neuter. ̃ত্ব n. lack of manliness; cowardliness, cowardice; sexual impotency (in man); asexuality. ̃লিঙ্গ n. (gr.) the neuter gender. 56)

(p. 219) kājala lamp-black; collyrium. a. as black as collyrium. ̃লতা n. a vessel shaped like a pair of hollow scissors for preparing collyrium. চোখের কাজল চুরি করা (fig.) to steal something under one's very nose; to bamboozle, to fox.

(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. 208) kali3 whitewash, limewash. কলি করা, কলি ধরানো, কলি ফেরানো v. to whitewash. 73)

(p. 220) kānāḍ়ā an Indian musical mode sung at night. 73)

(p. 243) kurniśa, kuraniśa (Mus.) a mode of salutation in accordance with official etiquette. কুর্নিশ করা v. to salute. 63)