kah·lvānā, कहलाना kah·- lānā vt to send word: मैंने मोहन को कहलवा दिया है I have sent a word to Mohan.

kamar·toṛ a arduous, stringent [काम work, परिश्रम hard work, पढ़ाई study]; ~ बुख़ार/ज्वर bone-breaking/severe fever.

kar·nā vt 1. to do: काम (कुछ, कुछ-न-कुछ, अच्छा) ~ -- work (something, something or the other, well); वह क्या कर रहा है what is he doing ? हम आज क्या करें what should we do to-day ? तुम्हारा भाई क्या करता है what does your brother do ? उसने कुछ नहीं किया he did nothing. 2. to make: ग़लती (प्रस्ताव, यात्रा, शोर, समझौता) ~ -- a mistake (proposal, journey, noise, compromise). 3. to render: आदर (सहायता, सेवा) ~ -- honour (help, service); इसे अंग्रेज़ी में करो render it into English. 4. to perform: आपरेशन (अपना कर्त्तव्य, प्रयोग) ~ -- operation (one's duty, experiment); संस्कार ~ -- a ceremony. 5. to commit: आत्महत्या (अपराध, ग़लती) ~ -- suicide (crime, mistake). 6. to hold: उत्सव (बैठक/मीटिंग, समारोह) ~ -- a festival (meeting, function). 7. [various meanings, commonly used to make verbs from nouns and adjectives e.g.] काम ~ to work; आशा ~ to hope; इलाज ~ to treat; छँटनी ~ to retrench; जुरमाना ~ to fine; तुलना ~ to compare; दर्द ~ to pain, to ache; नक़ल ~ to copy, to imitate; प्रतीक्षा ~ to wait; देर करना to delay, to be late; प्यार ~ to love; बात ~ to talk; सहायता ~ to help; सुधार ~ to reform; स्वीकार ~ to accept; उपस्थित ~ to present; कम ~ to reduce; गरम ~ to heat; जल्दी करो hurry up, be quick, make haste; ठीक ~ to correct; तंग ~ to tease; ताज़ा ~ to refresh; तैयार ~ to prepare; दर्ज ~ to enter; नया ~ to renew; नष्ट ~ to destroy, to waste; मुक्‍त ~ to free. [Hindi and therefore this dictionary abounds in such constructions, where conjuncts with करना, होना, लेना, देना, etc. are usual verbal formations. Many an English verb is also used in this manner. It is commonly understood. Examples --] अपील ~ to appeal; असेंबल ~ to assemble; इंट्रोड्‍यूस ~ to introduce; कंट्रोल ~ to control; कंपोज़ ~ to compose (in printing); टाइप ~ to type; नोट ~ to note; पालिश ~ to polish, काग़ज़ फ़ाइल ~ to file papers; फ़ोन ~ to telephone; बुक ~ to book; ब्राडकास्ट ~ to broadcast; मैच ~ to match.

kur·tī fc blouse (for women), jacket.

kabhī adv 1. ever; क्या तुमने ~ भेड़िया देखा है did you -- see a wolf ? मुझसे ~ किसी ने नहीं पूछा no one -- asked me; ~ नहीं never; मैं कभी नहीं मानता I never agree. 2. at one time, once; वह ~ धनी अवश्य रहा होगा he must have been rich --; कभी...कभी at one time... at another time, now... now: वह ~ हँसता है ~ रोता है now he laughs, now he weeps; वह ~ कुछ कहता है ~ कुछ at one time he says one thing and at another time something different. 3. sometime; वह ~ मेरे पास आएगा he will come to me --; ~ कभी sometimes, now and then, occasionally: मैं वहाँ ~ ~ जाता हूँ I go there sometimes/occasionally, I sometimes go there; वह ~ ~ अनुपस्थित रहता है at times he remains absent; ~ न ~ sometime or other, sooner or later: ~ न ~ वह घर लौट आएगा he will return home sometime or other (sooner or later); △ ~ का since long; यह चीज़ ~ की पड़ी हुई है this thing has been lying here since long.

koh·rā mu = कुहरा q. v.

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]

Kānjī-hāus mc Kine- house, cattle pond; जानवरों को ~ में देते हैं (बंद रखते हैं) cattle are sent into (interned in) a --.

kũārā a & mc bachelor, unmarried (man) [fem. कुँआरी]

kapāṭ mc panel/leaf of a door [more common किवाड़ q. v.]