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

keval I. a mere [बच्चा child, विचार thought]; ~ वह only he; वे ~ पत्ते खाते थे they ate only leaves. II. adv only, merely; ~ दो मिनट only two minutes; मैंने इसके बारे में ~ सुना है I have only heard about it; ~ शाम को only in the evening. [syn. सिर्फ़]

koṛī fc score (aggregate of twenty); एक ~ आम one -- mangoes; चार ~ गिलास four scores of glasses/tumblers.

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

kām·dhandhā mu work, occupation; आजकल उसका कोई ~ नहीं है he has no -- these days.

kār·aṇ mc 1. cause; लड़ाई के ~ causes of the fight; ~ बताना to show --; युद्ध का मुख्य ~ the main -- of war; यह सब आपके ~ हुआ all this happpend because of you; इस कारण [से] on this account, for this reason, because of this. 2. reason; इस पर विश्‍वास करने का कोई ~ नहीं है there is no -- to believe it; यही ~ है की this is the -- why..., that is why; कई कारणों से for many --s; के कारण owing to, because of: वर्षा के ~ owing to the rain. [syn. वजह]

kab when ? ~ आओगे -- will you come ? मैं नहीं कह सकता कि वह ~ लौटेगा I cannot say -- he will come back; ~ का since long: ~ का दूध पड़ा है the milk is lying here since long; ~ तक how long ? तुम ~ तक उसकी प्रतीक्षा करोगे how long will you wait for him ? ~ से since when ? उसकी पेंशन ~ से होगी from what date will he get pension ? हम ~ से खड़े हैं we have been standing since long. ~-~ how often: हम ~-~ दिल्ली जाएँगे how often will we go to Delhi ?

kã̄tedār a thorny; ~ झाड़ी -- bush; ~ तार barbed wire.

¹ qalam f (m)c pen; हम ~ से लिखते हैं we write with a --; ~ -दवात pen and ink (pot); ~ की नोक point of a --; ~ उठाना to raise the -- (for writing); ~ घसीटना to scribble; ~ घिसटना/चलाना to write; ~ फेरना/मारना to strike out, to obliterate; ~-बंद written: ~-बंद करना to take down in writing, to commit to writing; ~ बनाना to make/mend a ~; △ ~ तोड़ना to work wonders in writing. [syn. लेखनी]

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