kāryakāriṇī I. af working, executive [परिषद् council; सत्ता authority, सभा/समिति committee]. Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 105 -- II. fc executive committee; ~ की बैठक a meeting of the --; ~ के सदस्य members of the --. [syn. कार्यसमिति]

kasāūṭī fc 1. touchstone ~ पर कसना to test on a --; ~ की रेखा a streak on the --. 2. [metaph.] criterion, test; ~ पर पूरा/खरा उतरना to prove true to a test; △ विपत्ति ही धैर्य की ~ है calamity is the touchstone of fortitude.

koftā mc ball of minced and cooked meat or vegetable, kofta. चावल और कोफ़्ते rice and koftas. Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 118 --

kārk mc cork; ~ खोलना to open the --; बोतल में ~ लगाना to -- the bottle.

kal·mā mu sacred word (from the Qoran); ~ पढ़ना to repeat the sacred words, to confess Muslim faith; ~ पढ़ाना to initiate into Islam.

qīm·tī a precious, valuable, costly [अँगूठी ring, कपड़े clothes, पत्थर stone, माल goods]; Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 110 -- ~ चीजें valuables. [syn. मूल्यवान्]

kalyāṇ·kārī a beneficial [दवा medicine, प्रभाव effect, व्यवस्था arrangement].

kāsht·kārī fu 1. cultivation, agriculture; ~ करना to till the soil. 2. land tenancy; ~ अधिकार/हक़ -- rights; ~ पद्धति -- system. [syn. खेती-बारी]

kaṛākā mu 1. crack; बिजली का ~ cracking sound of lightning. 2. severity; कड़ाके की गर्मी (सर्दी) severe summer (winter).

kārāvās mu imprisonment; आजीवन ~ life --; ~ भोगना to undergo --. [syn. क़ैद]