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.

kaṛāhī fc [dim. of कड़ाह] a small cauldron/boiling-pan; ~ चढ़ी है the -- is put on the fire, i.e. a feast is going to be held.

kalejā mu/c [originally] liver, [but commonly] heart; ~ उछलता (काँपता, जलता, टूटता या टूक-टूक होता, धक-धक करता, धड़कता, पसीजता, फटता, मुँह को आता) है the heart jumps (is terrified, burns or is put to agony, breaks, throbs/beats, violently beats, melts, is rent, becomes restless with some emotion); △ ~ निकालकर रख देना to surrender one's dearest or best; -~ पत्थर का करना to become stone-hearted; ~ बल्लियों उछलना to be full of excitement with joy; कलेजे का टुकड़ा son.

kupātra a & mc undeserving/unworthy (person); ~ को Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 112 -- दान/विद्या न दें do not give charity/knowledge to an --.

kampanī fc 1. company (business association); गैस ~ gas --; व्यापार करनेवाली ~ trading company; ~ का हिस्सेदार share- holder of a --. 2. company (part of a battalion); बी ~ के अफ़सर officers of B --. Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 084 --

kash mc puff; सिगरेट का ~ लगाना to have a -- of cigarette.

koṣ mc = कोश; more commonly used to mean treasure; गड़ा हुआ ~ buried --; राजा के ~ से सोने के सिक्के और हीरे मिले gold coins and diamonds were found from the king's --. [syn. ख़ज़ाना] 2. fund; सार्वजनिक ~ में रुपया देना to contribute money into the public fund.

krīm fu cream [ताज़ी fresh, मोटी thick, खट्टी sour]; ~ वाली कॉफ़ी coffee with --.

kit·ne a pl. how many [छात्र pupils, दिन days, निबंध essays, मच्छर mosquitoes, मित्र friends]; कितनी [कहानियाँ stories, छात्राएँ girl students, बार times, मक्खियाँ flies]; यह रेडियो ~ में मिला for how Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 107 -- much did you get this radio ? कितने ही ऐसे लोग हैं there are many such people. [See कितना]

kan- short form of kān ear, as in कनकटा ear-cropt, earless; कनखजूरा centipede; कनटोप a cap covering the ears; कनपटी temple; etc.