(p. 99) āgalā2, āgalānō to restrain; to guard; to keep watch over; to manage or protect (সম্পত্তি আলগানো). 69)

(p. 99) ākhaḍ়ā a gymnasium; a place or institution where people assemble to practise anything esp. music, play-acting, etc.; a place where the Vaishnavas assemble for religious worship; (facet.) a club or society; (dero.) a haunt of vice, a den. ̃ই n. dramatic rehearsal. ̃ধারী n. the headman or the keeper of a place where the Vaishnavas assemble for religious worship. 45)

(p. 114) ānutōṣika a gratuity. 29)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭasān̐ṭa tight, not loose. আঁটসাঁট পোশাক tight-fitting clothes, close-fitting garment. আঁটসাঁট বেঁধে কাজ করা to start (work etc.) with due preparation and precaution and by providing against probable contingency. 11)

(p. 96) āōẏāja sound; noise; voice. 4)

(p. 115) āpēla the apple. 59)

(p. 107) ātmāśraẏī working by oneself without external aid, self-reliant, independent. 38)

(p. 122) āmādēra our, of us, ours; us; to us. 7)

(p. 126) āliṅgita embraced; hugged. 64)

(p. 104) āja today; at present, now. n. today; this day; the present time. ̃কার, (coll.) ̃কের a. of today, today's; of the present time. ̃কাল adv. at present, nowadays. আজ-কাল করা v. to procrastinate, to temporize. ̃কে adv. today. আজকের দিন today; nowadays. আজ নয় কাল procrastination. আজ পর্যন্ত adv. till today, to this day. আজ বাদে কাল shortly in future. 19)

(p. 123) āradāli an orderly; an office bearer. 36)

(p. 121) āmantrita invited; called to come; greeted. 13)

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

(p. 118) ābiṣkāra, ābiṣkaraṇa, ābiṣkriẏā discovering; a discovery; invention; the thing invented. আবিষ্কার করা v. to discover; to invent. আবিষ্করণীয় a. that which is to be discovered or invented; well worth discovering or inventing. আবিষ্কর্তা, আবিষ্কারক n. a discoverer; an inventor. 35)

(p. 96) ān̐caḍ়ā-ān̐caḍ়i act of mutual scratching with finger-nails or claws in a fight. 30)