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THE LAND OF THE VEDA.
| Jumna | Jamuná | A river of North-west India. |
| Jungle | Jangal | A thicket, desert, wilderness, wood. |
| Kaffir | Káfir | An infidel; impious rascal. |
| Kalee | Kálí | The Hindoo goddess of destruction. |
| Kali Yug | Kal Jug | The fourth or present age of the world; the black or iron age. |
| Kalpa | Kalpa | A day of Brahma, equal to 4,320,000,000 solar years |
| Karen | Karen | An aboriginal race in the hills of Burmah. |
| Kasi | Káshí | Magnificent; the ancient name of Benares, still so called by the Brahmins. |
| Katree | Khatrí | A military caste of Hindoos. |
| Khansama | Khánsámán | A steward or butler. |
| Kheleet | Khilat | A robe or dress of honor presented as a gift. |
| Keranee | Kirání | A writer, clerk; a man of mixed blood. |
| Khuda | Khudá | God. |
| Khudawund | Khudáwand | Lord, sir, master. |
| Kitmutghar | Khidmatgár | A table attendant. |
| Kincob | Kimkhwáb | Brocade. |
| Kismut | Qismat | Destiny, chance, fortune. |
| Koh-i-noor | Koh-i-núr | “Mountain of Light.” A diamond so called, formerly worn by the Great Moguls, and now by the Queen of England. |
| Koran | Qurán | The supposed revelation to Mohammed, collected by the Caliph Omar. |
| Kotee | Kothí | A house, mansion, dwell J3g. |
| Kotwal | Kotwál | Mayor of the city, police officer. |
| Kotwalie | Kotwálí | Mayor's office or police station. |
| Krishna | Krishn | The name of Vishnu in his eighth incarnation. |
| Kshatriya | Kshatrí | The second or military caste of the Hindoos. |
| Kulma | Kalma | The Mohammedan confession of faith: “There is no God but God, and Mohammed is his Prophet.” |
| Kupra-wallah | Kápra-wálá | A cloth merchant. |
| Lac | Lákh | One hundred thousand. |
| Lamas | Lamas | The Buddhist priests of Tartary and Thibet, the chief of whom is called Dali, Grand Lama, or Living Buddha. |
| Larka | Larká | A babe, boy, child. Larkee: a girl. |
| Linga | Ling | Membrum virile; the indelicate form under which Shiva is worshiped. |
| Log | Lōg | Mankind, people. |
| Lohar | Lohar | A blacksmith.. |
| Lungoor | Lungúr | A baboon; the black-faced monkey. |
| Maha | Mahá | Great, illustrious. |
| Mahabarata | Mahábhárat | The second great Sanscrit epic of the Hindoos, celebrating the wars of the rival Pandoos and Kuroos. |
| Mahadeva | Mahádev | One of the names of the god Shiva. |
| Maharajah | Mahárajá | A great king. |
