Kabírcab-earGreat; the superlative is Akbar.
Kad-khudácad-co-dawAlderman; bailiff. Head man of a village.
Kafícaw-feeSufficing, on attribute of God (Qur’án 39:37). Title of a book of sacred traditions collected by Abú-Ja‘far Muḥammad-ibn-i-Ya‘qúb (A.H. 328) and accepted by Shí‘ahs.
Káfúrcow-foorCamphor; in Qur’án 76:5, a camphor fountain for the righteous in Paradise.
Kalántarcal-awn-tar
(ar as in Harry)Mayor.
Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyihcal-em-awt-eh-fair-dose
-ee-yehWords of Paradise, Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh (Holy Land).
Kalimát-i-Maknúnihcal-em-awt-eh-mack-
noo-nehThe Hidden Words, revealed by Bahá’u’lláh as He paced the banks of the Tigris, 1274 A.H. It was originally designated by Him the Hidden Book of Fáṭimih. Shoghi Effendi refers to it as “this dynamic spiritual leaven cast into the life of the world for the reorientation of the minds of men, the edification of their souls and the rectification of their conduct....” (GPB 140).
Kamálcam-allḤájí Mírzá Kamál-i-Dín, who requested Bahá’u’lláh to write on Qur’án 3:87.
Kamál Páshácam-all-paw-shawTurkish official who in Constantinople was directed by Bahá’u’lláh to lay the matter of promoting an international language before his government (August-December, 1863).
Kangávarkangg-awe-varPersian town west of Mt. Alvand and Hamadán.
Karbilákar-bell-awCity in ‘Iráq, site of martyrdom (Oct. 10, 680 A.D.) and sepulchre of Imám Ḥusayn. Also called Mashhadu’l-Ḥusayn. “Karb and Balá”—anguish—and calamity—Ḥusayn reportedly said of this name.
Karbila’íkar (ar as in Harry)-bell-
aw-eePilgrim who has been to Karbilá.
KarkhcarkA quarter of Baghdad.
Kásháncaw-shawnCity in north central Persia, traditionally the native home of the Three Wise Men (A. V. W. Jackson, Persia Past and Present, 412–413).
Kashkúlcash-coolAlms-basket carried by dervishes. Hollowed-out receptacle “of about the size and shape of a cocoa-nut”, around opening of which two chains are attached at four points, making a handle.
Kawtharca-sar (ar as in Harry)Abundance. Cf. Qur’án 108:1–3; traditionally, lake or river in Paradise which Anas relates Muḥammad saw on the night of His Mi‘ráj (q.v.) as “a river of water on each side of which there were domes, each formed of a hollow pearl.”
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