কলা১ : (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)

(p. 256) kōn̐dana coll. form of কুঁদন । 15)

(p. 261) kyāṅāru the kangaroo. 21)

(p. 240) kuṭakuṭa expressing repeated inflammatory itching sensation. কুটকুট করা v. to feel or cause to feel repeated itching sensation. কুটকুটানি, কুটকুটুনি n. repeated inflammatory itching sensation, tingling sensation. কুটকুটে a. causing or full of repeated inflammatory itching or tingling sensation. 6)

(p. 203) kamiṭi a committee. 23)

(p. 243) kuṣṭha leprosy. ̃ঘ্ন a. curing leprosy. ̃ময় a. leprous. কুষ্ঠাশ্রম n. a hospital or asylum for lepers. 98)

(p. 257) kōptā a kind of fried chop of meat. 20)

(p. 226) kāmī lustful; (chiefly used as a sfx.) desirous of, loving (শান্তিকামী). 37)

(p. 243) kurtā a small jacket or coat or shirt. লালকুর্তা n. the Red Shirts; patriotic and social welfare organization of NorthWest Frontier formed by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan in India's pre-independence days. 61)

(p. 243) kumuda the red or the white lotus; stalk of a lotus. ̃নাথ n. the lord of lotuses; the moon. ̃বতী, কুমুদ্বতী n. a cluster or collection of red or white lotuses; red or white lotuses. a. full of red or white lotuses. কুমুদিনী n. a cluster of red or white lotuses; a pond full of red and white lotuses. কুমুদিনীকান্ত, কুমুদিনীনাথ n. the beloved or lord of lotuses; the moon. কুমুদী n. a stalk of a lotus. কুমুদ্বান a. (of a place) abounding in red or white lotuses. 27)

(p. 194) kañci a bamboo twig; a slip of bamboo. 5)

(p. 194) kathana act or mode of speaking; utterance; words spoken; a saying; a statement; a speech. কথনীয় a. worthy of being spoken or told, speakable, utterable; that which is to be spoken or told. 88)

(p. 234) kiṅkartabyabimūḍh় at a loss to determine what to do, nonplussed, bewildered, perplexed, confounded, at fault. কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ়তা n. nonplus, bewilderment, perplexity, confounded state, quandary. 4)

(p. 262) krīḍ়ka one who plays; one who exhibits a show. n. a player; a sportsman; a showman. 28)

(p. 256) kōn̐ca2 a wrinkle, a fold. 6)

(p. 208) kaśa the corner of the mouth; the jaw; the corresponding part of the jaw inside the mouth. কশের দাঁত a molar tooth, a molar. 96)