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^tffll karaunti, n.f., an alligator, or crocodile. 



3&?;s, karr, n.f., pluck, sticking to it. 



3T*in, karrd, adj., severe, stiff. 



e.g. — of land. — of soil, — of a sentence, — of an officer, 

 etc. / 



*rT, karni, n.f., fate, fated business. 



" Kami kare to kyaun dare y kar ke kyaun pachhtcte. 

 " Per hoe bambul ke 9 dm kahdn te khde." 



If you do your fated work, why fear ? When done, 



why regret ? 

 If you sow a babul tree, how can you eat mangoes ? 



(As you sow, so shall you reap). 



W$ ^1«r, karm hin, n.m., a luckless man (hin is a diminutive or 



privative particle). 



W%\* karhd, n.m., camel. 



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, karheld, n.m., camel, as karhd. 



' c Kesar bhard karheld, put saputi jo, 

 " Menh to barsd bhald, honi ho so ho. 



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A camel laden with saffron; a wife with a child 



worthy of her — rain fallen well — let well alone. 

 (" God's in his heaven, all's right with the world.") 



. kal. n.m., a fool. 



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ment, e.g., kalatri dam is the fixed land revenue. 



The word is derived from the English "Collector. 



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Ek hold aur sau kald. 



A single plough, a hundred troubles. 



^^TTifT. kaldnd, v.a.> to winnow. 



3TOT ^JSjr. kald bdzi, n.f., diving into water head first. 

 ^^nr%T. kalpuchhhjd, n.m., chikdrd, gazelle. 

 ^wsfTT, kalle wdr^ n.f., the first watch of the day. 

 *K^mt. kalwanti, adj. f., good, well-bred, thrifty, modest, all 

 that a house-wife should be. 



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a shrew, a termagant. 



u Bant binaule bhuri khde, hal chaldn landd jde.^ 

 " Chat mere lande ek haldi, tere liye nau man ddl 

 " Tere ghar kalhdri ndr, nire bhus, batdive ddl. 



