(p. 123) ārabdha that which has been undertaken or begun. আরব্ধ কার্য n. a task undertaken or commenced. 38)

(p. 126) ālēẏā ignus fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp; (fig.) delusion. আলেয়ার আলো the light of will-o'-the-wisp; (fig.) a ray of false hope or delusion, golden dreams; insubstantial thing, optical illusion. 80)

(p. 133) āharaṇa procurement; collection; amassing, accumulation; compilation; earning; preparation. আহরণী n. an anthology. আহরণীয়, আহর্তব্য a. fit to be procured or collected or amassed or accumulated or earned or prepared. আহর্তা a. one who procures or collects or accumulates or earns or prepares. n. a procurer; a collector; an accumulator; a compiler; one who earns; one who prepares. 42)

(p. 133) āskandita the gallop of a horse. 16)

(p. 126) āla1 the sting of insects etc.; an antenna; sharp point of anything such as the barb of an arrow; an awl; (fig.) prick (কথার আল). 20)

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

(p. 122) āmiṣa meat; non-vegetarian food or diet. ̃ভোজী, আমিষাশী a. carnivorous; non-vegetarian. 17)

(p. 106) āḍ়āṭhēkā a measure of Indian music. 24)

(p. 96) ān̐ka a mark or line; (arith. & alg.) a problem, a sum. আঁক কষা v. to do a sum. আঁক কাটা v. to draw a line; to scratch. 16)

(p. 96) ān̐kā to draw, to trace, to paint; to mark; to write; to describe, to delineate. n. act of drawing or tracing or painting or marking or writing or describing or delineating. a. drawn, traced, painted; marked; written; described, delineated. ̃নো v. to cause to draw or trace or paint or mark or write or describe or delineate. আঁকার হাত n. ability to draw. 21)

(p. 123) āẏēśa, āẏēsa ease; comfort; luxury. আয়েশ করা v. to take one's ease; to relax; to take rest. আয়েশি, আয়েসি a. easeloving; easy-going; brought up amidst ease and luxury; easy. 22)

(p. 126) āśruta promised; heard. 131)

(p. 99) ākulā1 (poet.) to become or make distressed or anxious or worried or eager or nonplussed or overflowing. 24)

(p. 107) ātura sick; afflicted, distressed; agonized. n. a lying-in room (also আতুরঘর). আতুরাশ্রম n. a refuge for the sick and the distressed. আতুরে নিয়মো নাস্তি necessity knows no law. 25)

(p. 121) āmari, ā mari indicating: praise, taunt, ridicule, sorrow etc.; now I'II die happily; I'II rather die. 19)