کاک काक kāk S s. m. A crow. کاک پچهـ काकपक्ष kāk-pachh̤ or kākapaksh̤ (crowʼs wing or feather) s. m. Tresses.

کلک kilk P s. f. A reed, a pen.

کرختگي karaḵẖt-agī P s. f. Austerity, dryness.

کچهنا kachhnā कच्छ S̱. s. m. A kind of breeches which cover very little of the thigh.

ک kāf called کاف تازي or کاف عربي or کاف کلمن the twenty-second letter of the Arabic and twen- ty-fifth of the Persian alphabet, corresponds to क in Sanskrit. Its sound is that of the English k. To represent its Sanskrit aspirate ख (kh) in the Arabic characters, کهـ is adopted. In the notation of numbers by the Arabic letters, ک stands for twenty. Its permutations are, 1st, into خ as شاماخچه or شاماکچه A womanʼs bo- dice: 2d, into غ as کژگاو or غژگاو The bull of Tar- tary (Bos grunniens): 3d, Arabistically, into ق as منجنيق for منجنيک A warlike engine. In Persian, it is sometimes prefixed to a word, but more commonly it occurs disjoined; in which latter case it has the ه maktūbī or muḵẖ- tafī annexed to it, thus که, and being pro- nounced with kasr (ِ) it may be used in the fol- lowing senses. 1. (کاف تعليل or assigning cause) Because, for. 2. (کاف بيان or کاف صله the relative pronoun) Who, which. 3. (کاف معرفه) conj. That. 4. (کاف عطف) And. 5. (کاف نتيجه expressing purpose or intention) That, to. 6. (کاف مفاجأة) Instantly. 7. (کاف استفـﮩ‍ام the interrogative pronoun) Who? what? which? 8. (کاف تفضيل) But even.

گابهن gābhin गर्भिणी S̱. adj. Pregnant.

کلپ कल्प kalpa S s. m. 1. A Shāstra or sa- cred work. 2. A day or a night of Brahmā, a period of 4,320,000,000 years of mortals, mea- suring the duration of the world, and as many the interval of its annihilation. 3. A destruction of the world. 4. Optionality, doubt. 5. Re- solve, purpose. 6. Propriety, fitness. کلپ برچهہ कल्पवृक्ष kalpa-brichh or -vr̤iksh̤a, or کلپتر कल्पतरु kalpa-taru, A tree in Indraʼs heaven that yields whatever may be desired.

کودک kodak P s. m. A boy, youth, youngster, stripling. (Pers. plur. کودکان kodakān).

کچهہ kachh S̱. or kachchhu, s. m. (कच्छप) A tortoise, turtle. ¶ kachh (कक्ष) Privities (Gilch.).

کہنا kahnā S̱. (or dakh. khanā: Sans. कथन) v. a. To tell, say, recount, relate, bid, order, call, affirm, assert, aver, avow, declare, ac- quaint, advise, speak. s. m. Saying, advice, order. کہہ دينا kah denā, To tell, bid, order, &c.