• Bengali Word কানা English definition (adjective) 1 blind of one-eye; one eyed. 2 destitute of sight; blind. 3 having a hole or hollow place and so useless: কানা হাড়ি কানি (feminine) = কানা. কানা কড়ি (noun) a paisa (coin of the smallest denomination) having a hole at the centre (as prevalent in former times) or anything worth no more than it: কানা কড়ির দাম নেই. কানা করে দেওয়া (verb transitive) foil/ baffle/ spoil (something). কানা কলসির জল (figurative) anything not likely to be durable. কানা খোঁড়ার একগুণ বাড়া (figurative) when one organ is defective, the others become more active; a worthless person is often full of vanity; (prov) empty vessel sounds much. কানা গরুর ভিন্ন পথ (figurative) a fool or an ignorant person often strays away from the safe path as a blind cow does. কানা গলি (noun) an alley with an opening at one end only; a blind alley; (figurative) a place or position from which there is no way out; an impasse; a dead lock. কানা ছেলের নাম পদ্মলোচন (prov) giving the name ‘lotus-eyed’ to a blind boy, which is as ridiculous as awarding honours on a worthless person. কানামাছি (noun) a game in which one player, who is blindfolded, tries to catch and identify one of the others who push him about; blindman’s buff. কানামাছি খেলা (verb transitive) play the biindman’s buff.