(p. 2) akāla an inauspicious time; hard times; an unusual time (অকালের বর্ষা); premature time (অকালপক্ব); inappropriate time; (loos.) scarcity, famine. ̃কুষ্মাণ্ড n. a gourd grown at an unusual time; (fig.) a useless or stupid person. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. born at an unusual time; untimely or prematurely born. ̃জলদোদয় untimely gathering of clouds. ̃পক্ক a. (of fruits) prematurely ripened; (of persons) precocious, pert. ̃পক্কতা n. premature ripeness; precocity, pertness. ̃বর্ষণ n. untimely rain. ̃বার্ধক্য n. premature ageing. ̃বৃদ্ধ a. gone old prematurely. ̃বোধন n. (myth.) untimely awakening of Goddess Durga by Ramachandra; (fig.) any untimely performance. ̃মরণ, ̃মৃত্যু n. premature death. 41)

(p. 9) ajāta not yet born; unborn; existing without being born; (dial.) socially degraded, born illegitimately, bastard. ̃শত্রু a. one whose enemy is not yet born; having no enemy. ̃শ্মশ্রু a. one whose beard has not yet grown; beardless; (fig.) not yet grown to manhood; very young, minor. 92)

(p. 9) ajānatē unknowingly; unconsciously; unintentionally; secretly, stealthily, surreptitiously. 93)

(p. 9) ajānā unknown; unfamiliar; strange. n. an unknown person or place ('কত অজানারে', 'কোন অজানায়' 94)

(p. 9) ajānita unknown. ̃ভাবে adv. unknowingly, unwittingly; unawares. 95)

(p. 20) adhibāsa2, adhibāsana ceremonial purification of a person on the eve of a solemn function (বরের অধিবাস); any performance preliminary to any solemn ceremony (পূজার অধিবাস); invocation. 14)

(p. 24) anabhijāta not born of a good family; not high-born, not aristocratic; lowborn; not having a good pedigree. 46)

(p. 30) anuja younger. n. a younger brother. fem. অনুজা । অনুজন্মা, অনুজাত a. younger, born later. 41)

(p. 36) anurañjana giving satisfaction, delight or pleasure (প্রজানুরঞ্জন); dyeing or colouring (usu. in one colour). 5)

(p. 40) antarjātīẏa international. 12)

(p. 41) apajāta degenerate; base-born. অপজাতি n. a degenerated or base race or community. 61)

(p. 55) abanata bent down, stooping; downfallen, depressed (অবনত জাতি); low (অবনত স্হান); base, depraved (অবনতচরিত্র). অবনত মস্তকে adv. with one's head bending down; humbly, meekly. অবনতি n. bent or stooping state; downfall, depression; fall; lowness; deterioration; baseness, depravity. 8)

(p. 56) abalā deprived of strength, powerless; weak. n. a woman. ̃জাতি n. women as a class. 11)

(p. 63) abhijāta high-born, of noble birth; aristocrat; learned; wise; gentlemanly, mannerly; aristocratic. ̃তন্ত্র n. government by the aristocracy. অভিজাত সম্প্রদায় n. the aristocratic class, the aristocracy. 61)

(p. 63) abhinandana felicitation, congratulation; expression of happiness by eulogy; felicitous eulogy; a welcome. অভিনন্দন জানানো v. to felicitate, to congratulate; to welcome. ̃পত্র n. a letter of congratulatory or welcome address, an address. 72)

(p. 72) amlajāna oxygen. 28)

(p. 73) ayatna lack of care or effort or attention or interest or cordiality; carelessness; neglect; indifference; slight. অযত্ন করা v. to neglect; to treat with indifference or slight. ̃কৃত a. done without care or effort; done with ease or spontaneity. ̃জাত a. born or grown spontaneously. ̃পালিত, ̃লালিত a. reared in neglect. ̃বিন্যস্ত a. placed indecorously or haphazardly. ̃রক্ষিত a. kept or maintained in neglect. ̃লব্ধ a. earned or attained without effort. ̃শীল a. effortless; neglectful. ̃সম্ভূত a. same as ̃জাত । অযত্নে adv. carelessly; negligently. 7)

(p. 73) arajaska, arajā, arajāḥ (of a girl) whose menstruation has not yet started; who has not yet attained her puberty. 41)

(p. 73) araṇya wood, forest, jungle. ̃জ, ̃জাত a. grown in the forest. ̃জাত দ্রব্য forest products. ̃পাল n. ranger. ̃বাসী a. living in a wood. n. such a person; a forester, a bushman. ̃ময়, ̃সংকুল a. woody. অরণ্যানী n. a vast or extensive forest. অরণ্যায়ন n. afforestation. অরণ্যে রোদন করা v. to cry in the wilderness, to cry in vain. 43)

(p. 75) arcā an idol; worship (used as a correlative of পূজা as in পূজাঅর্চা). v. (poet.) to worship. 19)

(p. 85) asabhya uncivil, discourteous, uncultured, unpolished, rude; unsocial; uncivilized, wild; aboriginal, primitive. ̃জাতি n. a wild or aboriginal race. ̃তা n. incivility, discourtesy; lack of culture or refinement or polish; rudeness; unsocialness; lack of civilization. অসভ্যতা করা, অসভ্য হওয়া v. to behave discourteously or rudely or unculturedly; to behave ill-manneredly or indecorously. 57)

(p. 99) ākāśa the sky, the firmament; the heavens. আকাশকুসুম n. a visionary project, a day-dream; a fool's paradise. ̃কুসুম কল্পনা করা v. (fig.) to build castles in the air. ̃গঙ্গা n. the Milky Way, the Galaxy. ̃চর a. living or moving in the sky or ether, aerial, ethereal, aery; celestial. ̃চিত্র n. a picture or photograph of the sky or any part of it. ̃চুম্বী a. touching the sky; sky-scraping, skykissing; very lofty. ̃চুম্বী অট্টালিকা a skyscraper. ̃ছোঁয়া a. touching the sky; (fig.) very lofty. ̃জাত a. born or grown in the sky or ether, aerial, ethereal, aery; celestial. ̃তার n. (radio.) an aerial. আকাশ থেকে পড়া n. v. (fig.) to drop from the blue; to be struck with amazement. ̃দীপ same as আকাশপ্রদীপ । ̃দুহিতা, ̃নন্দিনী n. an echo. ̃পট n. the canvas or the expanse of the sky. ̃পথ n. an air route; an ethereal route. আকাশ পাতাল adv. everywhere; from heaven to the underworld; including everything. a. in a large degree, maximum, extreme (আকাশপাতাল প্রভেদ). আকাশ পাতাল ভাবা to be worried with numberless puzzling thoughts crowding pell-mell into one's mind. আকাশ পাতাল ভেবে না পাওয়া to be at a loss to think out. ̃প্রদীপ n. a light suspended from the top of a pole set up every evening by the Hindus during the month of Kartik (কার্তিক) in reverence to their deceased forefathers or gods. ̃প্রান্ত n. the border of the sky; the skyline; the horizon. ̃বাণী n. a celestial voice; a supernatural or divine voice from the sky; an oracle; radio broadcast; radio. ̃বিহার n. flying in the sky. ̃বৃত্তি n. the practice of somehow making both ends meet, casual subsistence; the state of having no ostensible means of living; fending for oneself in a resourceless condition. ̃ভ্রমণ same as আকাশবিহার । ̃মণ্ডল n. the (whole) expanse of the heavens, the sky, the firmament, the celestial sphere; the atmosphere. ̃যান n. an aircraft, an aeroplane, an airship; a balloon. ̃স্হ, ̃স্হিত a. of or in the sky, ethereal, aerial; heavenly, celestial; divine. আকাশে তোলা v. fig. to extol in disingenuous advertisement, to puff; to flatter with praise. 17)

(p. 104) ājāda free, independent. আজাদ হিন্দ Free India. আজাদ হিন্দ ফৌজ Indian National Army. আজাদি n. freedom, independence. 26)

(p. 104) ājāna a call to Muslims to attend prayer-meeting in a mosque. আজান দেওয়া v. to announce this call formally. 27)

(p. 104) ājānu down to the knees. ̃লম্বিত a. reaching down to the knees. ̃লম্বিতবাহু a. possessing arms that are long enough to reach down to the knees. n. such long arms. 28)