কথা : (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. 259) kauntēẏa a son of Kunti (কুন্তী) of the Mahabharata. 26)

(p. 206) karalā a variety of kitchen vegetable having a bitter taste, the larger variety of bitter gourd. 3)

(p. 220) kātāra a large crowd (কাতারে কাতারে লোক); a long row or line or file (কাতার দিয়ে দাঁড়ানো). 56)

(p. 238) kukari a short dagger, a stiletto. 10)

(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. 257) kōrṭa a law-court, a court.

(p. 248) kusaṅga bad or evil company. কুসঙ্গী n. a bad or wicked companion or friend. 3)

(p. 234) kiṅṅkara a servant; a slave; an attendant, a follower. fem. কিংঙ্করী । 9)

(p. 194) kanakācala (myth.) a mountain of gold or as bright as gold. 113)

(p. 192) kaca2 denoting: a sound like the one made in cutting off or biting off something at one stroke. কচকচ int. denoting: the sound of hashing or munching or crunching repeatedly. কচকচ করা v. to give out a munching or crunching sound repeatedly (as on biting an unripe fruit); to grumble; to scold frequently or repeatedly without rhyme or reason; to indulge in intolerably long and dull arguments or talk, to prattle. কচকচানি n. act of hashing or munching or crunching repeatedly; act of grumbling, grumble; act of scolding repeatedly or frequently without rhyme or reason; intolerably long and dull argument or talk, prattle. কচকচি n. quarrel; wrangling; peevishness; unnecessary and inconsequential wrangling (তত্ত্বের কচকচি). কচকচে a. (of unripe fruits) giving out a munching sound when eaten; given to scolding repeatedly or frequently without rhyme or reason; indulging in long dull arguments or talk, prattling. 29)

(p. 192) kacchapa the tortoise, the turtle, the chelonian. fem. কচ্ছপী । কচ্ছপের খোলা tortoise-shell, carapace. 45)

(p. 234) kiraṇa a ray or beam or gleam (of light). কিরণ দেওয়া v. to emit rays, to send forth rays; to radiate, to shine. ̃চ্ছটা n. the glow of rays. ̃জাল n. the mesh of rays. ̃পাত, ̃বর্ষণ n. shedding of rays, radiation. ̃পাত করা, ̃বর্ষণ করা v. to shed or emit rays, to radiate. কিরণ বিকিরণ n. radiation. কিরণ বিকিরণ করা v. to radiate. ̃ময়, (inc.) কিরণ্ময় a. full of rays, emitting rays, radiant. fem. কিরণময়ী,, (inc.) কিরণ্ময়ী । ̃মালী n. the sun (for it is garlanded with rays). ̃সম্পাত same as কিরণপাত । 39)

(p. 248) kusuma2 a flower; menstruation, menses; a disease of the eye, the yolk of an egg. ̃কলি, ̃কলিকা, ̃কোরক n. a flower-bud. ̃কার্মুক, ̃চাপ, ̃ধনু, ̃ধন্বা n. appellation of Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love whose bow is made of flowers. ̃কোমল ̃পেলব a. as soft as a flower. ̃দাম n. a flower-wreath, a garland of flowers. ̃বাস n. the scent or perfume of a flower. ̃মালিকা n. a small flower-wreath, a chaplet or small garland of flowers. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. a bed of flowers; a very soft bed; (fig.) ease and comfort. ̃স্তবক n. a bunch of flowers, a bouquet, a nosegay. কুসুমাকর, কুসুমাগম n. the season of flowers, the spring, the vernal season. কুসুমায়ুধ same as কুসুমকার্মুক । কুসুমাসব n. the juice or honey of flowers, the nectar of flowers. কুসুমাস্তীর্ণ a. strewn with flowers; (fig.) (of life) easy going, smooth. 8)

(p. 256) kōn̐takā a cudgel, a club. 13)

(p. 228) kāruṇika kind; merciful; compassionate. 33)