Kurtī, a short garment for women, jacket for soldiers, coat.

Kusūr, fault.

Ḳuṭb, the polar star, the north pole.

Kuttā, a dog.

Kutwāl, native magistrate, head of the police.

L.

Lachḥman, the half-brother of Rāmachandra.

Lachḥmī, the goddess of beauty.

Lailī, also Lailā, the beloved of Majnūn.

Lākh, one hundred thousand; gum lac, a kind of wax formed by the coccus lacca.