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ID Word Notes Type
2852 kā̃giyā / kāī̃yo var. kā̃gyā; 1) comb. 2) the hand of a banana plant, i.e. one tier of a hanging cluster. t.t.
2826 kā̃so [fr. S. kāṃsya] var. kāsā; n. bell-metal, white metal, pewter, bronze. t.t.
2571 KCB title of a member of the second class (Knight Commander) of "The Most Honourable Order of the Bath", founded by King George I in 1725 and restructured in 1815; other classes are: GCB and CB. t.t.
2327 KCSI title of member of the second class (Honorary Knight Commander) of the "Most Exalted Order of the Star of India", an order founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. Other classes are: GCSI and CSI. t.t.
2569 KCVO title of a member of the second class (Knight Commander) of the "Royal Victorian Order", founded in 1896 by Queen Victoria; another class is: GCVO. The title was bestowed on Bhīma Śamśera Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā (24 December 1911). t.t.
968 ke ppn. lit. "to, for"; besides "prati" used to mark the adressee of an official document. t.t.
2805 keśara / kesara [S.] n. 1) the filament or stigma of a flower; 2) saffron crocus (Crocus sativus L.); 3) saffron- or yellow-colored powder used in rituals as ointment. t.t.
2128 khā n. 1) a land measurement unit consisting of 4 javās, 1 javā measuring 22 1/2 cubits (see MA-54 2.38-40). 2) classifier denoting house t.t.
2372 khaḍga nisānā n. seal of Rāṇā prime minister bearing an image of sword. t.t.
2373 khaḍga nisānā sanada n. executive order from Rāṇā prime minister bearing a khaḍga nisānā seal. t.t.
3051 khaḥjalā [New.] var. khajalā; n. decorated railing on a chariot. t.t.
1847 khajāncī [fr. P. khajānacī] var. khajaṃci; n. 1) treasurer. 2) chief royal treasurer and hākima of the kausī tosākhānā. t.t.
2994 khala n. a mortar in which spices or drugs are pounded. t.t.
3147 khalāsī An army bearer or labourer, tent-pitcher, coolie. t.t.
3148 khalisā Lands other than jāgira, which were retained by the state for direct appropriation of taxes. t.t.
1909 khamārī n. pole to tie elephants; see Locke 2006: 181ff. and Bajracharya/Khatiwoda/Michaels 2015: 96-105. t.t.
975 khānagī / khānkī / khāngī n. 1) salary, wages, or an annual emolument. 2) emoluments of government employees and functionaries, generally in the form of land assignments (M.C. Regmi 1978: 227; cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 860; Adhikari 1984: 351). 3) rents accruing from the lands assigned to jāgiradāras (cf. M.C. Regmi 1965: 18-19). t.t.
3149 khānagīdāra var. khānagidāra; A bearer of a khānagī. t.t.
2286 khāpre [F. S.] var. khāprā; n. zinc. t.t.
2188 kharadāra / kharidāra [fr. P.] var. kharīdāra, ṣaridāra; n. secretary, official scribe, office superintendent (cf. Kumar 1967: 166). t.t.
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