(p. 271) khadyōta the glow-worm, the firefly. fem. খদ্যোতিকা । ̃মালা n. a string of glowworms, a multitude of glow-worms. 63)

(p. 285) khēn̐kaśiẏāla the fox. fem. খেঁকশিয়ালি n. the vixen. 5)

(p. 271) khaṭakā a (sudden) doubt or suspicion, a misgiving; hesitation; a hitch (কাজে খটকা বেধেছে); a trouble or difficulty (খটকার অঙ্ক). খটকা লাগা to have a doubt or misgiving. 27)

(p. 271) khaccara the mule; (in abuse) a bastard, a rogue or scoundrel or scapegrace. তিলে খচ্চর n. (in abuse) an incorrigible scoundrel or scapegrace. 17)

(p. 285) khōn̐ja search; act of seeking; investigation; inquiry; trace, trail. খোঁজ করা v. to search; to look for; to inquire (after); to investigate; to try to trace. খোঁজ নেওয়া v. to inquire (about or after); to make inquiries about. খোঁজ পাওয়া v. to find trace of; to track out; to detect; to discover. খোঁজ-খবর n. information, news; trace; inquiry. খোঁজ-খবর নেওয়া v. to make enquiries; to remain in close touch with খোঁজা v. to search, to seek; to trace. খোঁজাখুঁজি n. continuous search. খোঁজাখুঁজি করা v. to search continuously, to hunt for, to hunt high and low. খোঁজানো pop. var. of খুঁজানো । 54)

(p. 280) khāli-khāli for nothing (আমাকে খালি খালি বকছ); rather empty (ঘরখানা খালি-খালি ঠেকছে). 26)

(p. 274) khalita bald. 44)

(p. 274) khaẏēra catechu. 21)

(p. 274) khabara news, tidings; report, information; intelligence. খবর করা v. to inquire about; to communicate with (either personally or through letters). খবর জানা v. to have information; to be in the know; to get intelligence or news. খবর নেওয়া same as খবর করা । খবর পাওয়া v. to get news (of); to be informed (of); to come to know or learn. খবর রাখা same as খবর জানা । খবরের কাগজ a newspaper. খবরাখবর n. pl. all sorts of news or information. খবরাখবর করা v. to keep oneself in intimate contact with, to keep oneself well-informed about, to keep in constant touch with, to enquire after a person etc. off and on. 15)

(p. 278) khābala, khābalā the palm of the hand; a handful (এক খাবলা); the paw; a seizure or a stroke (usu. a sudden one) with the palm or the paw; a bite. খাবলা মারা v. to seize or strike or scratch (usu. suddenly) with the palm or the paw, to paw. to bite; (fig.) to (try to) appropriate to oneself a part of. খাবলানো v. same as খাবল মারা । a. seized or struck or scratched with the palm or the paw, pawed, bitten. খাবলে নেওয়া v. to snatch with the hand or paw, to grab.

(p. 271) khatarā fright, fear; danger; difficulty; a hitch. 58)

(p. 285) khēlō of inferior quality, inferior (খেলো কাপড়); unimportant, trivial, unreliable, unthoughtful (খেলো কথা, খেলো লোক); base, mean, worthless; humiliated (খেলো হওয়া). খেলো করা v. to humiliate; to belittle; to offend one's dignity. 47)

(p. 271) kh়ḍ়kē a toothpick; a small species (খড়কে পুঁটি, খড়কে বাটা). 39)

(p. 280) khicuḍ়i a food prepared by boiling rice and pigeon-pea together with spices and fat, kedgeree, hotchpotch. খিচুড়ি পাকানো v. to cook hotchpotch; (fig.) to make a mess of, to jumble up; to bungle. 39)

(p. 274) kharba1 short, not tall (খর্বকায়); reduced, decreased, diminished (তেজ খর্ব হওয়া); thwarted, curved, restrained, foiled (গতি খর্ব করা); lowered, humbled (গর্ব খর্ব হওয়া). খর্ব করা v. to reduce, to decrease, to diminish; to thwart, to curve, to restrain, to foil; to lower, to humble. ̃কায় a. of short stature, short, small, diminutive. ̃তা n. shortness. খর্বাকৃতি same as খর্বকায় । খর্বীকৃত a. reduced, decreased, diminished; thwarted, curved, restrained, foiled; lowered, humbled. 37)