(p. 234) ki (used as an auxiliary interrogative word. (তুমি কি যাবে ? = will you go ?); whether (কি বালক কি বৃদ্ধ). 3)

(p. 243) kulācārya the hereditary religious guide or preceptor of a family; a matrimonial match-maker versed in genealogy. 77)

(p. 220) kāñci an ornament worn round the waist, a girdle, a sash (কাঞ্চিদাম). 9)

(p. 253) kētu (astrol. & myth.) the descending node, the dragon's tail; a flag, a banner, a standard. 11)

(p. 243) kusaṃsarga evil company, bad association. কুসংসর্গী a. keeping evil company, associating with undesirable persons.

(p. 261) kyānakēnē (of voice) thin and effeminate. 22)

(p. 248) kṛta done, made, performed (কৃতকর্ম); instituted, committed (কৃত অপরাধ); composed (ব্যাসকৃত মহাভারত); built, learnt, earned (কৃতবিদ্য); taken, accepted (কৃতদার); appointed, employed, engaged (কৃতদাস); fixed, settled (কৃতবেতন). ̃কর্ম n. a work done, a deed. ̃কর্মা n. one who has done a work or performed a feat. ̃কাম, ̃কার্য a. one who has succeeded in performing a task undertaken, one who has achieved one's end, successful. ̃কার্যতা n. success. ̃কৃত্য a. one who has been able to accomplish one's duty or task; a person who has had his education completed; well-educated, learned. ̃তীর্থ a. one who has done one's pilgrimage. ̃দার a. masc. one who has taken a wife, married. ̃দাস n. one who has been made a slave for a term, a bond-slave. fem. ̃দাসী । ̃ধী a. having firm resolve; having one's intellect sharpened; having intellectual sharpness or accomplishments. ̃নিশ্চয় a. thoroughly convinced; having firm resolve; thoroughly convinced of success. ̃নিশ্চয়তা n. thorough conviction; firm resolve; thorough conviction about success. ̃পূর্ব a. already done or accomplished. ̃বিদ্য a. one who has had his education completed; welleducated, learned. ̃বিদ্যতা n. (successful) completion of one's education; state of being well-educated or learned. ̃সংকল্প a. one who has resolved, determined; bent or intent upon. ̃সংকল্প হওয়া v. to resolve, to determine, to make up one's mind. 38)

(p. 228) kārigara a workman; a worker; an artisan; a handicraftsman; a mechanic; an artist. কারিগরি n. workmanship; mechanical skill; artistry; artistic skill. a. pertaining to workmanship, or mechanical skill or artistry or artistic skill; pertaining to handicrafts. 29)

(p. 194) kathā a word or words spoken; a saying; an utterance; a statement; mode of speaking, pronunciation (তার কথা আড়ষ্ঠ); voice (তার কথা শুনতে পেলাম); a dialect (বর্ধমানের কথা); a tale, a story; a chronicle or history (ভারত-কথা); news (গ্রামের কথা); a word (সে নিজের কথা রাখে); an opinion (এ বিষয়ে আমার কথা হল যে); professional narration of scriptural and mythological stories (জমিদার বাড়িতে কথা হবে); a topic, a discourse (এ কথার অবতারণা); conversation; speaking terms (তার সঙ্গে আমার কথা নেই); consultation, discussion (ডাক্তারের সঙ্গে কথা হয়েছে); counsel, advice; instigation; comparison (তার সঙ্গে কার কথা); an incident, an affair (যে সে কথা নয়); a request (সে আমার কথা রেখেছে); order, direction (ছেলেটা কথা শোনে না); necessity, need, compulsion (এ কাজ করতেই হবে, এমন কথা আছে?); plea (ভুল হলে কোনো কথা শুনব না); a proverb (কথায় বলে). কথা কওয়া v. to speak; to talk. কথা কাটা v. to refute; to protest. কথা দেওয়া v. to give one's word, to promise. কথা চালা v. to tell one's secrets to another; to indulge in scandal-mongering, to talk scandal, to gossip. কথা পাড়া v. to raise a topic; to propose. কথা না থাকা not to be on speaking terms with; not to be promised or decided beforehand. কথা রাখা to keep a promise; to be true to one's word. কথায় কথায় in course of conversation; incidentally during conversation, by the by, by the way; whilst talking (কথায় কথায় রাত হল). কথায় থাকা to involve oneself in. কথায় না থাকা to have nothing to do with. কথার কথা a word for word's sake; worth serious consideration (এ কি একটা কথার কথা হল ?). কথার খেলাপ breaking a promise. কথার ঝুড়ি (of a person) a chatterbox. কথার ধার sting of words. কথার নড়চড় deviation from one's promise. কথার ফের, কথার মারপ্যাঁচ a sly turn of speech; verbal trickery; jugglery of words; quibble. কথার শ্রাদ্ধ too much or unnecessary talking, words and words. ̃কলি n. Indian dance depicting ancient wartales. কথা কাটাকাটি n. arguments and counter-arguments; bandying of words; altercation; hot exchange. কথা কাটাকাটি করা v. to advance arguments and counter-arguments; to bandy words; to altercate; to be engaged in a hot exchange. কথা চালাচালি n. act of telling one's secrets to another; scandal-mongering; gossiping. কথা চালাচালি করা same as কথা চালা । ̃চ্ছলে same as কথাপ্রসঙ্গে । ̃ন্তর n. altercation; bandying of words; another topic; interval in course of conversation; a breach of promise. ̃প্রসঙ্গ n. conversation, talk; act of raising a topic; a topic; a context. ̃প্রসঙ্গে adv. in course of conversation; incidentally during conversation, by the way. ̃বার্তা n. conversation; a talk; a chat. ̃বার্তা বলা v. to talk; to chat. ̃মতো adv. in keeping with one's words or promise; in obedience to one's order or direction. ̃মাত্র n. mere words (having no genuine worth). ̃মাত্র সার mere words having no genuine worth, words or promises ending in smoke; false promise. ̃মুখ n. a preface. ̃রম্ভ n. the beginning of a story or conversation. ̃শিল্প n. creative literary works written in prose such as novels, stories etc. ̃শিল্পী n. an author of prose fiction, stories etc. ̃শেষ n. the end of a story or conversation. ̃সাহিত্য same as কথাশিল্প । ̃সাহিত্যিক same as কথাশিল্পী । 89)

(p. 206) karamacā a variety of sour fruit (it becomes crimson when ripe). 2)

(p. 232) kālāpāhāḍ় (hist.) a Brahmin who after embracing Islam was turned into a notorious iconoclast; (fig.) an awful religious renegade, a decrier of current beliefs, a turbulent heretic. কালাপাহাড়ি a. of or like an awful religious renegade or a decrier of current beliefs; heretical. n. iconoclasm; heresy. 9)

(p. 194) kabacī armour-clad; wearing an amulet; crustacean. n. a crustacean. 166)

(p. 194) kanda any of the bulbous or tuberous plants, a bulb or tuber. 125)

(p. 194) kanaṭrākaṭara a contractor. কনট্রাকটরি n. the profession of a contractor, esp. of a building-contractor; a contract (বাড়ির কনট্রাকটরি তাকে দিয়ো). 116)

(p. 248) kṛtōpakāra one who benefits, benevolent; benefited. 55)