(p. 126) āślēṣa an embrace; pervasion, diffusion; attachment; amalgamation; union; a sarcasm, a pun. 133)

(p. 99) āgāpāchatalā, āgāpāsatalā, āgāpāstalā from head to foot, cap-a-pie. 77)

(p. 133) āsbāda taste; savour; relish; tasting. ̃ন n. tasting; enjoying, enjoyment; experiencing. ̃নীয়, আস্বাদ্য a. fit to be tasted; enjoyable. আস্বাদিত a. tasted; enjoyed; relished; experienced. 36)

(p. 107) ātāmra slightly copper-coloured; slightly dull red. 19)

(p. 102) āṅura grape. ̃খেত n. a vineyard, grapery. আঙুর গাছ, আঙুর লতা n. vine. আঙুরের রস n. grape-juice. 18)

(p. 126) ālō-ān̐dhāri a mixture of light and shade; chiaroscuro. আলো-আঁধারের খেলা interplay of light-and-shade. 82)

(p. 121) āma4 the mango. ̃আদা n. the mango ginger, a variety of ginger smelling like the mango. ̃চুর, ̃শি n. dried slices of green mango preserved in salt or in salt and mustard. মুখ শুকিয়ে আমশি হওয়া to look haggard, to have a shrivelled look, to have an emaciated and wizened face. ̃সত্ত্ব n. a thin cake made of the sweet juice of ripe mango by drying it in the sun (used as food), preserved essence of ripe mango. ̃হলুদ same as আম-আদা । বর্ণচোরা আম a variety of mango that looks green and should be sour but is actually ripe and sweet; (fig.) a person concealing his or her merits. 6)

(p. 126) āśaṅkita feared, dreaded; apprehended; suspected; doubted. 109)

(p. 126) āsatti union, amalgamation; proximity, adjacency, acquisition, acquirement; profit; (gr.) proximity of related words within a sentence (cp. collocation). 143)

(p. 107) āḍhākā not covered, uncovered; exposed, open. 4)

(p. 122) āmina a land surveyor; a supervising officer. আমিনি a. relating to a surveyor. 15)

(p. 98) ākalana calculation; (accts.) credit. ̃স্হিতি n. credit balance. 24)

(p. 118) ābarta a whirling motion or shape; a whirl; a vortex; a whirlpool, an eddy; whirling or revolving or rotating. a. whirling; revolving; rotating. আবর্ত ঘর্ষণ n. rolling friction. ̃ন n. whirling or revolving or rolling; a whirl, revolution; rotation; gyration; return; stirring or churning; repetition. আবর্তন দণ্ড, আবর্তনী n. a pestle for churning. ̃মান a. whirling or revolving or gyrating or returning. আবর্তিত a. revolved; rotated; gyrated; returned; repeated. আবর্তিত হওয়া v. to whirl; to revolve; to rotate; to gyrate; to eddy; to return; to be repeated. 12)

(p. 104) āṭakānō to confine; to obstruct, to impede; to restrain, to check; to prevent; to detain; to imprison; to fix (দেওয়ালে পেরেক আটকানো). a. confined; obstructed; impeded; restrained, checked; prevented; detained; affixed. 46)

(p. 123) āẏati1 state of a married woman whose husband is alive; any of the symbols (usu. borne on the person of the wife) indicating this marital state. 5)