(p. 95) āibaḍ়, āibuḍ়ō unmarried. আইবুড়োভাত n. the ceremony of taking the last meal by a Hindu bride or bridegroom on the night immediately preceding their wedding-day. আইবুড়ো মেয়ে a woman who remains single after the conventional age for marrying, a spinster. 8)

(p. 107) ādama (according to the Bible and the Quran) the name of the first man, Adam. 52)

(p. 96) āōtā (rare) shade, sunshade; care; guardianship, custody; control; reach; jurisdiction; purview. (কারও) আওতায় under one's power or tutelage or guardianship. 3)

(p. 126) ālōkana seeing; casting a glance; observation; showing, demonstration. আলোকনীয় a. worth seeing; sightly. 84)

(p. 126) ālēkhya a painting; a painted portrait; depiction; portrait. 78)

(p. 99) ākulita struck with extreme distress or anxiety or perplexity. 27)

(p. 126) āsaṅga sexual intercourse; company, fellowship, social intercourse; union; desire to enjoy; love, attachment; profound attention. ̃লিপ্সা n. desire for sexual intercourse; desire for company or union. ̃লিপ্সু a. desirous of sexual intercourse or of company or union. 139)

(p. 107) ādāḍ় a place for depositing household and other rubbish; a dump; a dustbin. আদাড়ে a. extremely dirty, filthy. 61)

(p. 106) āḍ়2 a kind of salt-water fish. 10)

(p. 107) āditya the name of the sungod (cp. Apollo, Sol); the sun. 70)

(p. 126) āśakārā indulgence; over-indulgence. আশকারা দেওয়া v. to treat with indulgence or over-indulgence. 106)

(p. 121) ā mara indicating : light imprecation, bashfulness, shame, reproach, censure etc.; Devil take thee, go to hell, beshrew me. 16)

(p. 114) ānāra pomegranate. 23)

(p. 99) ākṛti appearance; shape, form. ̃গত a. pertaining to appearance or shape or form; formal; outward. ̃প্রকৃতি n. appearance and nature; demeanour, bearing. ̃বিশিষ্ট a. having a definite or specific form or shape; shaped. 30)

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