kāūn I. interr. pron who; ~ आया है ? -- has come? वह लड़की ~ है ? -- is that girl? कौन कौन who; वहाँ कौन-कौन आया था who came there? तुम ~ होते हो ? -- are you? II. a which [गली street; घर house, लोग people, स्त्री woman]; ~ सा what, which (one)? ~ सा रंग -- colour; ~ सी गाड़ी -- train, ~ से घर -- houses. [obl. किस, किन, किसे, किन्हें q. v.]

kalaf mu starch; ~ देना/ Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 096 -- करना/लगाना to apply --; ~ से कपड़े कड़े हो जाते हैं -- makes clothes stiff.

kartavya-pālan mc performance of duty; ~ करना to do/perform a duty.

kṣīṇ a feeble [कंठ/स्वर voice, मन mind, शरीर body]; उसकी शक्‍ित ~ हो गई his strength failed या became feeble; ~ बनाना to impair.

¹ kushal a skilful, skilled, clever [कारीगर artisan, अध्यापक teacher, प्रशासक administrator]; अपने काम में ~ -- in his work. [syn. निपुण]

koṭī fc coatee; महिलाएँ कोटियाँ पहनती हैं ladies wear --s.

kap·ṭī a deceitful, fraudulent [आदमी man, नौकर servant]. [syn. धोखेबाज़, छली]

kāG·zī a 1. paper; ~ थैला paper-bag; ~ सिक्का -- currency. 2. documentary; ~ सबूत -- proof; ~ कार्रवाई action in writing; 3. paper-like, Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 101 -- having thin skin; ~ अखरोट (नीबू, बादाम) walnut (lime, almond) having thin skin.

kālikh fu 1. soot, black stuff: ~ पोतना to blacken; चिमनी की ~ -- in a chimney. 2. stigma; △ ~ पुतना/लगना to be stigmatized, to earn a bad name. [syn. कलंक]

¹ kamān fc bow [more common धनुष]; तीर-कमान bow and arrow.