kyõkar interr adv how; ऐसा ~ हुआ how did it so happen? [syn. कैसे q. v.]

kamāū a earning [घरवाला husband, पूत son]; △ वह कमाऊ-खाऊ आदमी है he spends all his earnings, he lives from hand to mouth.

kinhī˜ = किन + ही I. pron obl. pl any; ~ को to any; ~ से with (from) any; ~ में in any. II. a ~ लोगों से from -- persons; ~ चीज़ों से with -- things. [see कोई]

kyõ adv, interr sentence why; तुम ~ रोते हो -- are you weeping? तुम ~ नहीं आये -- did you not come? आज ~ -- today? कल ~ नहीं -- not tomorrow? △ ~ न हो why not! good! ~ नहीं why not? by all means, yes, of course.

qissā mc = कहानी q. v.

komal a 1. tender, delicate [अंग limbs, चमड़ी skin, स्वर voice]; ~ हाथों से with -- hands. 2. soft [घास grass, बाल hair, हृदय heart].

kal-purze m pl parts (and components) [नये new, फ़ालतू spare]; मशीन के ~ parts of a machine.

qilābandī fu fortification; नगरी की ~ -- of the town; ~ करना to fortify, to make a fortification.

kub·ṛā a and mc hunch- backed (person) [fem. कुबड़ी]

kamīshan 1. mc commission; ~ बैठाना to set up a --; ~ की रिपोर्ट the report of the --; फ़ौजी ~ military --; ~ -प्राप्त अ़फ़सर commissioned officer. [syn. आयोग] 2. mu discount; ~ पर बिक्री करना to sell on --; बिक्री पर ७% ~ 7% -- on sale; ~ देना to give --.