(p. 133) āstānā haunt; an abode, a dwellingplace; a hermitage. আস্তানা গাড়া v. to set up an abode (esp. a temporary one); to take shelter (temporarily). আস্তানা গোটানো v. to depart for good; to strike the tent. 19)

(p. 95) ā1 the second vowel of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 118) ābāpana the art of weaving cloth. 24)

(p. 106) āḍ় a central market-place; a wholesale market; a storehouse, an entrepot; a fair. ̃ঘাটা n. a place on the river-bank for getting into or alighting from a boat. ̃ছাঁটা a. (of rice etc.) imperfectly husked. আড়ং ধোলাই n. thorough washing and bleaching of clothes; (coll.) beating someone black and blue. 14)

(p. 122) āmbā audacity, effrontery, impudence, (coll.) cheek; bragging, boast, vaunt; audacious ambition. 24)

(p. 118) ābhāsa faint or indistinct presence ('আভাসে দাও দেখা'); a shadow; a hint (আভাসে জানানো); glow. আভাস দেওয়া v. to appear faintly or indistinctly; to give a hint, to hint. ̃ইঙ্গিত n. hints; slight or indirect suggestion. আভাসে ইঙ্গিতে adv. by indirect suggestion, by hints. 57)

(p. 125) ārādhya worshipped; deserving to be worshipped; worshipful; adorable. ̃মান a. being worshipped or in the state of being worshipped. 7)

(p. 104) āñjā the interim period between the delivery of a child and the next conception. 40)

(p. 106) āṭānna fifty-eight. 4)

(p. 107) ādāẏa realization or collection (of bills, taxes etc.); winning or earning (সম্মান আদায়)); payment or repayment. আদায় করা v. to realize; to collect. আদায় দেওয়া v. to pay; to repay. ̃পত্র n. realization; collection. আদায়পত্র করা v. to realize; to collect. 64)

(p. 118) ābōlatābōla incoherent talk; nonsense; delirium; nonsense rhymes. a. incoherent and nonsensical. 49)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭakuḍ়, ān̐ṭakuḍ়ā, ān̐ṭakuḍ়iẏā, ān̐ṭakuḍ়ē childess. fem. আঁটকুড়ি । আঁটকুড়ের বেটা a barren woman's son, a monstrosity (a term of abuse). fem. আঁটকুড়ের বেটি । 10)

(p. 118) ābadāra a childish or capricious insistence on having or doing something; an unreasonable demand or claim; a fanciful claim preferred to an affectionate person. আবদার করা v. to insist childishly or capriciously on having or doing something; to demand or claim unreasonably. আবদারে, আবদেরে a. insisting childishly or capriciously on having or doing something. 3)

(p. 107) ādhāna placing or depositing; installation; infusion, instillation; (phy.) charge; receiving or taking; putting on. বদ্ধ আধান bound charge. মুক্ত আধান free charge. 93)

(p. 106) āḍ়ā2 a measure of grain (= about 75 kgs). 20)