(p. 107) ādēṣṭā & n. one who orders or commands or decrees or enjoins or directs or permits. 81)

(p. 126) āśapāśa surroundings; environs; outskirts; neighbourhood. আশেপাশে, আশেপাশে adv. hither and thither; around; on all sides; in the outskirts; in the neighbourhood. 111)

(p. 107) āḍḍā a dwelling-place, a habitat; a haunt; a (fixed or permanent) meetingplace, a rendezvous; a place or institution for practising anything (গানের আ়ড্ডা); a club; a company of informal and friendly talkers, their meetingplace or talk; a place for assemblage, a station or stand (গাড়ির আ়ড্ডা). আড্ডা গাড়া v. to take up abode (usu. permanently) to settle. আড্ডা দেওয়া, আড্ডা মারা v. to join in an assembly of idle talkers; to indulge in informal and friendly talk with others. ̃ধারী n. the keeper or the chief person of a club; a regular clubgoer. ̃বাজ a. fond of indulging in idle talk with others or of haunting clubs where such talk is indulged in. 3)

(p. 104) āṭapiṭhē, āṭapiṭē efficient in everything; very clever. 49)

(p. 126) ālōcāla rice obtained by sunning paddy and not by boiling it, sunned rice. 89)

(p. 99) āgi (obs. & poet.) fire. 82)

(p. 126) āliñjara an earthen jar for water. 65)

(p. 133) āsābaradāra a mace-bearer, a beadle. 5)

(p. 99) ākṛṣṭa attracted; charmed, enticed; drawn, pulled; (rare) ploughed, tilled. 31)

(p. 99) āgāgōḍ়ā from beginning to end; alpha and omega; from head to foot, from top to bottom. 74)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭi1 a bundle. বোঝার উপর শাকের আঁটি the last straw that breaks the camel's back. 13)

(p. 104) āṭā2 coarse flour, meal. আটা মাখা v. to knead flour.

(p. 123) āẏati2 length; width, breadth; extension; the future; time for bearing fruit. 6)

(p. 107) ātyantika excessive; endless; extreme. 45)

(p. 114) ānurūpya similar state or appearance, similarity, likeness; agreement, congruity; resemblance. 35)