(p. 280) khēi an end of a thread; the number of threads or cords (পাঁচ খেই সুতো); a clue or trail (খেই পাওয়া). খেই হারানো v. to lose a clue or trail; (fig.) to be at a loss to find one's way; (fig.) to be confused or perplexed; to lose the thread of a story or an argument.

(p. 274) khabaradāra expressing: take care, beware, be on guard, watch out, halt for safety. খবরদারি n. caution; cautiousness; act of looking after; careful attendance; care, custody, guardianship (ছেলেটি তার খবরদারিতে আছে); management (তার খবরদারিতে সংসার চলে). 16)

(p. 285) khēẏāla1 a fancy; a dream, a daydream; consciousness, carefulness, attention; wariness (ভবিষ্যত্ সম্বন্ধে খেয়াল); remembrance, recollection (কথাটা খেয়াল ছিল না); inclination, predisposition, propensity (বদখেয়াল); a caprice, a whim, a whimsical fancy, a vagary, a fad, a crotchet (বড়লোকের খেয়াল, প্রকৃতির খেয়াল). খেয়াল করা v. to notice; to pay heed to, to be attentive to; to mind; to try to recollect. খেয়াল থাকা v. to have an eye to, to be conscious about; to have in remembrance or consciousness. খেয়াল হওয়া v. to remember or recollect (suddenly); ̃খাতা n. a notebook of the kind of a diary in which one notes down whatever occasionally occurs to him. ̃খুশি n. a fancy, a caprice, a whim. ̃খুশিমতো adv. whimsically, capriciously. খেয়ালি a. fanciful; extravagantly imaginative; whimsical, capricious, crotchety. 36)

(p. 288) khōm̐pā hair dressed in a rounded mass, a bun, chignon. খোঁপা খোলা v. to unloose or undress a bun, to undo or unfasten a coiffure; to cause dishevelment. খোঁপা বাঁধা v. to dress or put up hair in a bun. আলগা খোঁপা a hanging bun; a loose bun, a bun not tied with cords. 3)

(p. 271) khaṭbārūḍh় mounted or lying on a cot; lazy; foolish; wicked. 36)

(p. 285) khōn̐ṭā1 spiteful and stinging reference; caustic comment. খোঁটা খাওয়া, খোঁটা শোনা v. to hear galling, spiteful, stinging accusation; to be sarcastically reminded (of something unpleasant or uncomplimentary). খোঁটা দেওয়া v. to make stinging or biting insinuations. 56)

(p. 274) khān̐kāra, khān̐kāri, khān̐kari the noise of clearing one's throat, a hawking noise. খাঁকার দেওয়া v. to hawk.

(p. 285) khējura persimmon, date; the date-palm. a. made of the juice or sap of the date-palm (খেজুর গুড়). ̃ছড়ি n. cluster of persimmon or date; a border of loincloth etc. patterned as a collection of date-leaves; a superior variety of paddy. ̃রস n. juice or sap of the datepalm. খেজুরে, খেজুরিয়া a. made of dates or of the juice or sap of the date-palm. খেজুরে আলাপ n. useless or idle talk. খেজুরে গুড় molasses prepared from the sap of the date-palm. 17)

(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. 277) khān̐ḍ়i1 an estuary; an inlet, a creek. 9)

(p. 274) kharā sunshine, the sun; summer; drought. a. strongly fried; over-fried. ̃নো v. to fry hard; to overfry; to overbake. 31)

(p. 280) khun̐takhun̐ta, khun̐takhun̐tāni, khun̐takhun̐tuni carping, peevishness, pettishness; fastidiousness. খুঁতখুঁত করা v. to carp at, to cavil; to grumble mildly for a trifling omission or defect. 65)

(p. 280) khimaci a light tweaking (usu. with two finger-nails), a tweak; a pinch. খিমচি কাটা v. to tweak; to pinch. 45)

(p. 274) khalapā a coarse bamboo mat; a granary made of bamboo mats. খলপা দিয়ে মো়ড়া v. to cover with coarse bamboo matting. খলপার বেড়া a fencing of bamboo mats. 42)

(p. 271) khi a very light food prepared by frying paddy in sand heated on oven, parched rice. খই ফোটা v. (fig.) to talk or prattle rapidly or volubly (just like grains of paddy bursting open noisily whilst being fried), to speak unusually verbosely and fast: খই ভাজা v. to fry paddy to prepare parched rice. ̃চুর n. a ball-shaped sweetmeat prepared by boiling coarsely-powdered parched rice in sugar malt, a sweet blob of parched rice. ̃-ঢেঁকুর n. eructation tasting of bile (caused by indigestion), bilious eructation. ̃য়া, (coll.) ̃য়ে a. having the colour or shape of parched rice, grey or tiny. 4)