(p. 98) ākāṅkṣī desirous; wishing for. fem. আকাঙ্ক্ষিণী ।

(p. 107) ādau (ori. & lit.) in the beginning, at first; (pop. and current) at all, in the least. 82)

(p. 133) āhā expressing sorrow, bereavement, sympathy etc,; alas, ha, ah, oh. ̃মরি int. expressing: praise or ridicule. a. (chiefly dero. or facet.) astonishing, wonderful. 45)

(p. 126) āśa2 food (প্রাতরাশ). 103)

(p. 104) ājagubi incredible and impossible; queer; fantastic; cock-and-bull. 20)

(p. 126) ālaẏa (for. & High.) a home; an abode, a dwelling house, a residence; a dwelling place; a house, a building; a place, a resort; a store, a repertory, a repository. 45)

(p. 107) ātaśikāca flint-glass, burning-glass. 16)

(p. 107) ādarśa a pattern of excellence, a person or thing to be copied, an ideal; an imitation of something usu. on a smaller scale, a model, a role model, a specimen; a prototype. a. ideal. ̃চরিত্র a. having an exemplary character. আদর্শ পুরুষ an ideal man. আদর্শ পুস্তক a model book. আদর্শ বিদ্যালয় a model school. ̃লিপি n. a copy-book. ̃স্হানীয় exemplary, ideal. ̃স্বভাব a. of an ideal character. ̃স্বরূপ a. of the nature of a model, model; ideal, exemplary. 58)

(p. 99) ākhyā an appellation, a name; a title, a designation; a denomination. ̃ত a. named, called; entitled, designated; denominated; spoken, mentioned, said; known, renowned, celebrated. ̃ন n. history; a legend; a tale (esp. historical or legendary); a narrative; a story; a fable; narration, naming; act of designating or denominating. ̃বস্তু n. a theme. ̃পত্র n. a title-page (of a book). ̃য়ক n. a narrator; a story-teller. ̃য়িকা n. a tale, a story, a narrative. 55)

(p. 99) ākṣēpa convulsion (esp. muscular); fits; grief; sorrow; lamentation. 43)

(p. 123) ̃āẏudha weapon, arms. 18)

(p. 107) ānantarya immediacy; adjacency; proximity; contiguity. 123)

(p. 115) āpagā a stream flowing into a sea, a river. 25)

(p. 107) ādima first; aboriginal; primordial; primitive; original. আদিম অধিকার (law) Original Jurisdiction. ̃তা n. primitiveness; primordiality. 72)

(p. 99) āgā1 top (গাছের আগা); tip (আঙুলের আগা); end, extremity (লাঠির আগা). 72)