(p. 248) kasīda interest on loan; the moneylending business or interest, usury. ̃জীবী n. a usurer, a money-lender on interest. ̃ব্যবহার n. usury; calculation of interest on loan. 7)

(p. 237) kun̐ci a small broom or besom; a brush; a bristle. 17)

(p. 257) kōmpāni a number of persons trading together; a mercantile firm, a company; the East India Company; the (Indian) government (during the rule of the East India Company). কোম্পানির আমল the regime or times of the East India Company. কোম্পানির কাগজ the Company's securities or papers. কোম্পানির মুলুক the realm or dominion of the East India Company. কোম্পানির লোক (joc.) a government officer, a public servant. কোম্পানির শাসন the rule of the East India Company. 24)

(p. 220) kāḍ়na (now obs.) act of snatching away; act of seizing by force or tactics; act of lifting or grabbing; act of attracting or enticing (মন কাড়ন); act of uttering or pronouncing (রা কাড়ন). 43)

(p. 225) kāpālika an ascetic worshipping the cult of Kali or Shiva using the human skull for drinking and sitting on human skulls. 9)

(p. 232) kālinī2 poet. & obs. form of কালিন্দী । 19)

(p. 253) kērala Kerala, a south-Indian state; an inhabitant of Kerala (কেরল). 37)

(p. 256) kōn̐cabaka the little heron. 9)

(p. 194) kadara respect, honour; regard; importance; appreciation; cordial reception; value, worth. কদর করা v. to respect, to honour; to have regard for; to attach importance to; to appreciate; to receive cordially; to deem valuable. 100)

(p. 243) kuẏō a draw-well, a well. কুয়োর ব্যাং a frog that lives in a well and seldom comes out of it; (fig.) a narrow-minded person with limited knowledge; (fig.) a person of limited vision; (fig.) a homekeeping person. 43)

(p. 192) kakubha a metre of Vedic poetry; an Indian musical mode; a direction, a side. 15)

(p. 194) kaḍ়imadhyama (mus.) a higher variation of the fourth note in the Indian musical gamut; a subdued variation of the fourth note in the natural major scale. 54)

(p. 194) kañcukī a Brahmin (ব্রাহ্মণ) supervisor of a royal household, (cp.) the Lord of the Bed-chamber; a eunuch guarding a harem; a man in armour; the snake. 7)

(p. 257) kōṭi ten million, a crore; the point or end of a sword or a bow or any similar object; a side, an edge; an end or extremity, a tip. a. ten million; innumerable, countless; (math.) ordinate. ̃কল্প n. a crore of days of Brahma (ব্রহ্মা) which is equal to 432 years of man; eternity. কোটিপতি, কোটীশ্বর n. a billionaire, a multimillionaire; an extremely wealthy man. 2)

(p. 194) kaṭāsē slightly brownish or tawny. 23)