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কাঁচকড়া [ kān̐cakaḍ়ā ] n tortoise-shell; whale-bone; vulcanite.

কাঁচকলা [ kān̐cakalā ] n a species of plantain which is chiefly used in its green state; (joc.) nothing. আদায় কাঁচকলায় adv. & a. at loggerheads with, at daggers drawn.

কাঁচপোকা [ kān̐capōkā ] n a species of green beetle a bit of whose hard wing is used by women to adorn their foreheads.

কাঁচল, কাঁচলা, কাঁচুলি [ kān̐cala, kān̐calā, kān̐culi ] n a bodice, a cor sage, a corset, a modesty-vest, bras siere.

কাঁচা [ kān̐cā ] a unripe, green (কাঁচা ফল); un cooked (কাঁচা মাংস); imperfectly boiled; raw (কাঁচা মাল); unburned (কাঁচা ইট); made of mud, not brick-built, cutcha (কাঁচা গাঁথনি); unmetalled (কাঁচা রাস্তা); tender, fresh, verdant (কাঁচা ঘাস); young (কাঁচা বয়স); immature (কাঁচা বুদ্ধি); unpractised (কাঁচা লেখা); faulty, defective, unskilful, unwise, bungling (কাঁচা কাজ); inexpert, un skilled (কাঁচা লোক); deficient, weak (অঙ্কে কাঁচা); uncertain, provisional, un reliable (কাঁচা রসিদ, কাঁচা কথা); primary, rough (কাঁচা খাতা); not fast, liable to fade or run (কাঁচা রং); pure, unadulter ated (কাঁচা সোনা); black, not grey (কাঁচা চুল); untanned, raw (কাঁচা চামড়া); undried, unsunned, unseasoned (কাঁচা কাঠ); not according to or below the standard (কাঁচা ওজন); easy or cash (কাঁচা টাকা); not deep or sound, in the primary stage (কাঁচা ঘুম); that which has not yet been moved to the right place (কাঁচা ঘুঁটি). ̃গোল্লা n. a soft drop or round sweetmeat made of posset. ̃টে n. not thoroughly ripe or mature; rawish. ̃নো v. to undo (all that has been done); to undo all progress; to un settle a settled thing (design, plan, scheme, work etc.); to send back to the original stage. ̃পাকা a. (of hair) partly black and partly grey, greying. ̃মাথা a greehorn's head; (fig.) immature judg ment or intellect. ̃মাল raw material (for production of industrial goods); greengrocery (কাঁচামালের ব্যাপারী = greengrocer.) ̃মিঠে a. sweet in the un ripe state (কাঁচামিঠে আম).

কাঁচাহলুদ [ kān̐cāhaluda ] n undried turmeric.

কাঁচি1 [ kān̐ci1 ] a short; below the standard (কাঁচি ওজন); closely woven, close-grained (কাঁচি ধুতি); unsweetened curd made of unboiled milk (কাঁচা দই).

কাঁচি2 [ kān̐ci2 ] n scissors.

কাঁচুমাচু [ kān̐cumācu ] a embarrassed; shrunken (esp. with fear); scared out of one's wits.

কাঁচ্চা [ kān̐ccā ] n a measure of weight (=.51z. or 14 gms.).

কাঁজি [ kān̐ji ] n the water in which boiled rice has been kept steeped overnight (this water tastes sour).

কাঁটা [ kān̐ṭā ] n a thorn, a prickle; any longish thing or instrument with a pointed end or ends (চুলের কাঁটা); a pointer (কম্পাসের কাঁটা, দাঁড়িপাল্লার কাঁটা); a fork (used in eating meals); a hand (ঘড়ির কাঁটা); a fishbone; gooseflesh (শীতে বা ভয়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া). কাঁটা দিয়ে কাঁটা তোলা v. (fig.) to set a thief to catch a thief. গায়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া to have gooseflesh; to have shiv ering, to shiver. পথের কাঁটা (fig.) an ob stacle or snag. পথে কাঁটা দেওয়া (fig.) v. to prevent. ̃তার n. barbed wire. ̃নটে n. a variety of spinach. ̃বন n. a hedge full of prickly shrubs. ̃ময় a. thorny. কাঁটায় কাঁটায় adv. punctually; just at.

কাঁটাচুয়া [ kān̐ṭācuẏā ] n the hedgehog.

কাঁটাল, কাঁঠাল [ kān̐ṭāla, kān̐ṭhāla ] n the jackfruit. ̃গাছ n. the jack-tree, the jack. ̃চাঁপা n. a yellow flower smelling like a ripe jackfruit. কাঁটালের আমসত্ত্ব (fig.) an impossible thing; a mare's nest. পরের মাথায় কাঁটাল ভাঙা v. (fig.) to make a cat's-paw of another.

কাঁটালি কলা, কাঁঠালি কলা [ kān̐ṭāli kalā, kān̐ṭhāli kalā ] n a superior vari ety of plantain.

কাঁড়া [ kān̐ḍ়ā ] v to husk. ☐ a. husked. কাঁড়ানো v. to cause to husk. ☐ a. husked; husky. ☐ n. husking.

কাঁড়াদাস [ kān̐ḍ়ādāsa ] n a foolish but very obstinate fellow.