(p. 208) kaṣṭa grief, sorrow; trouble, difficulty; pain, suffering; labour, hard effort, toil (কষ্টার্জিত); hardship; want, privation. কষ্ট করা v. to labour hard, to endeavour laboriously, to toil; to take trouble, to take pains; to undergo hardships; to suffer. কষ্ট দেওয়া v. to give trouble, to put to difficulty; to put to inconvenience; to oppress, to cause suffering (to), to distress; to pain; to grieve. কষ্ট পাওয়া v. to get into trouble, to be in difficulty; to suffer (from); to be oppressed or distressed; to feel pain; to grieve (for, at); to be moved with pity or sympathy. ̃কর a. difficult, hard; troublesome; laborious, toilsome; painful; distressing; oppressive, vexatious. ̃কল্পনা n. a far-fetched or forced or laboured concept or thought. ̃কল্পিত a. far-fetched, forced. ̃দায়ক same as কষ্টকর । ̃ভোগ n. suffering. কষ্টভোগ করা v. to suffer. ̃সহ, ̃সহিষ্ণু a. painstaking; able to undergo hardships, inured to hardships. ̃সাধ্য same as কষ্টকর । 112)

(p. 194) kapa expressing : the sound of gulping or swallowing quickly. কপকপ int. expressing : repetition of this sound. কপাকপ adv. with this repeated sound. 137)

(p. 192) kaṃsa, kaṃśa bell metal—an alloy of copper and tin, pewter; a vessel of bell metal. 8)

(p. 232) kāśi cough; expectoration of mucus by coughing. 40)

(p. 234) kintu but; notwithstanding; nevertheless; however; still; on the other hand. a. hesitating, hesitant (কিন্তু ভাব). কিন্তু করা v. to hesitate; to demur; to cherish doubt; to be shy of. কিন্তু কিন্তু n. hesitation. a. hesitating, hesitant. কিন্তু ভাব n. hesitating attitude or state, hesitancy. 25)

(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. 204) kaẏalā coal. কাঠকয়লা n. charcoal. কোককয়লা n. coke. পাথুরে কয়লা n. coal. ̃ওয়ালা n. a seller of coal, a coaldealer. ̃খনি n. a coalmine, a coal-pit. কয়লাখনি অঞ্চল n. a coalfield. 14)

(p. 208) kaśidā embroidery. 100)

(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. 220) kājalā2, kājali a reddish variety of sugarcane. 3)

(p. 194) kanē a bride; a virgin of marriageable age; a newly-married wife. ̃বউ n. a newly-married wife; a child-wife; the youngest wife of a family. 122)

(p. 239) kuñci a measure of grains (= 8 handfuls). 28)

(p. 194) kaṭākṣa a side-glance, a sidelong look, an oblique look; significant or meaningful look; reflection, insinuation. কটাক্ষ করা v. to cast a side-glance, to look obliquely or askew; to cast a significant or meaningful look; to insinuate, to reflect on. ̃পাত n. casting a sidelong glance; a sidelong or oblique look; act of casting a significant look; a significant or meaningful look; insinuation, reflection. ̃পাত করা same as কটাক্ষ করা । কটাক্ষে adv. at or by or with a sidelong or meaningful look; by way of insinuation or reflection; in a moment, at once. 19)

(p. 237) kun̐ḍ়i2 a bud. 23)

(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)