(p. 107) ādhāra2 food (esp. of birds); a nest. 95)

(p. 122) āmāśā (coll.) dysentery. 13)

(p. 96) ān̐kābān̐kā zigzag, winding, meandering; tortuous. 23)

(p. 133) āhuta invited; called; asked to come; summoned; invoked. আহুতি n. invitation; a call; a summons; invocation. 53)

(p. 133) āhituṇḍika same as আহিক । 50)

(p. 115) ānūpa watery; marshy. n. any of the terrestrial animals fond of bathing in water such as the buffalo, the rhinoceros etc. 2)

(p. 106) āḍ়ṣṭa benumbed; inert; hesitant. ̃তা n. inertness, sluggishness; hesitation due to shyness. 18)

(p. 102) āghāta a blow, a stroke, a hit; a shock; a wound, an injury; act of beating. ̃ক a. & n. one who or that which deals a blow or strikes or hits or gives a shock or wounds or injures or beats. ˜ন n. act of dealing a blow or striking or hitting or giving a shock or wounding or injuring or beating. ̃সহ a. capable of withstanding or resisting. আঘাত করা v. to deal a blow, to strike, to hit; to give a shock, to shock; to wound, to injure; to beat. আঘাত পাওয়া v. to receive or sustain a blow, to be struck or hit; to receive or sustain a shock, to be shocked; to be wounded or injured; to be beaten. 13)

(p. 133) āshāna confidence; faith, trust; stay; presence; a shelter; a meeting. 28)

(p. 107) āḍ়i2 a hiding; concealment; termination of friendship; quarrel; envy, malice, grudge; rivalry; obstinacy. আড়ি করা v. to terminate friendship with; to be obstinate in one's resolution. আড়ি পাতা, আড়ি মারা v. to go in hiding for overhearing, to eavesdrop. 2)

(p. 114) ānamita bent down, inclined. 10)

(p. 126) āśisa blessing, benediction, benison. 117)

(p. 114) ānuṣṭhānika ritual, ceremonial; formal.

(p. 115) āndāja guess, conjecture. a. approximate or conjectural. adv. more or less, approximately (আন্দাজ একশো গ্রাম). আন্দাজি a. depending on or deduced by guessing; uncertain. আন্দাজে adv. by guess, by surmise or conjecture. 15)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭakuḍ়, ān̐ṭakuḍ়ā, ān̐ṭakuḍ়iẏā, ān̐ṭakuḍ়ē childess. fem. আঁটকুড়ি । আঁটকুড়ের বেটা a barren woman's son, a monstrosity (a term of abuse). fem. আঁটকুড়ের বেটি । 10)