(p. 79) ali-achi the guardian of a minor person and the trustee of his or her property (usu. the mother or an elder brother). 18)

(p. 83) aṣṭābiṃśa twenty-eighth. ̃তি n. & a. twenty-eight. অষ্টাবিংশতিতম a. twenty-eighth. fem. অষ্টাবিংশতিতমী । 25)

(p. 30) anutapta repentant, penitent, contrite; pricked by conscience, compunctious. 50)

(p. 63) abhōjya that which cannot be or should not be eaten; uneatable, inedible. 159)

(p. 48) apātra an unfit or undeserving or incompetent or improper or base or vile person or thing; a man unfit or not worth consideration for matrimonial alliance. 33)

(p. 48) apahṛta stolen; pilfered; plundered; looted; robbed, snatched; misappropriated; abducted; carried off, lifted. 25)

(p. 7) aghara (of families) having no social dignity, unrespectable, base, lowly, unfit for matrimonial alliance.

(p. 80) aśauca uncleanness; impurity; profanity; (scriptural) impurity of one's person owing to the birth or death of a relative, the period of duration of this personal impurity. অশৌচান্ত n. termination or end of the period of personal impurity. 44)

(p. 2) akṛtitba unsuccess, failure; want of skill, inefficiency, incapacity. 64)

(p. 56) abāṅāli a non-Bengali; contrary to customs or characteristics or practices of the Bengali. 56)

(p. 41) apaṇya not marketable or fit to be sold, unsaleable. 67)

(p. 17) adhḥ down, below, beneath, under; in or to the underworld. ̃কৃত. a. cast or thrown downwards; felled; vanquished, defeated; lowered. ̃ক্রম n. descending order. ̃ক্ষিপ্ত thrown down, cast or hurled down. ̃পতন, ̃পাত, n. falling down; downfall; degradation; degeneration; moral downfall; abandoned state. ̃পতিত a. fallen down; downfallen; degraded; degenerated; morally degenerate, abandoned. অধঃপাতে যাওয়া v. to be ruined morally or otherwise, to go to the dogs, to reach a state of ruin. ̃স্হ a. lying or situated or placed under; lower; subordinate. 49)

(p. 78) alaka a forelock, a ringlet, a fringe; a curling tress of hair ('অলকে কুসুম না দিয়ো'); cirrus, goat's hair. ̃দাম n. tresses of forelocks or curling hair. 17)

(p. 38) antḥśulka excise. 39)

(p. 20) adhibēttā a man who marries a second time with first wife still living. 24)