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

(p. 126) ālāpa conversation; talk, conference, discussion; greeting; acquaintance; (mus.) introductory singing or playing of a tune (esp. a conventional one in Indian classical music) in detail. আলাপ করা v. to converse; to talk, to confer, to discuss; to greet; to make one's acquaintance (with); to cultivate acquaintance (with); (mus.) to sing or play a tune in detail. ̃ন n. conversation, talk, conference. ̃নীয় a. conferrable, discussable. ̃পরিচয়, ̃সালাপ n. (coll.) acquaintance and speaking terms; familiarity, intimacy; discussion. 56)

(p. 118) ābalusa ebony, ebon. আবলুস-কালো a. ebon-coloured, black as ebony. 14)

(p. 95) āuōla first; chief; best. 12)

(p. 97) ān̐dhāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; deprived of light. আঁধার ঘরের মানিক an object of precious hope and consolation amidst utter misery; silver-lining. মনের আঁধার ignorance; extreme sorrow or dejection. আঁধারি same as আঁধার । 26)

(p. 126) ālima (Mus.) a learned man. 67)

(p. 99) āgali2 (obs.) a house, a store, a repertory ('বুদ্ধির আগলি'). 71)

(p. 133) āshābāna confident; faithful; devoted. 29)

(p. 126) āryā2 a kind of metre used in Sanskrit verse; any of the rhymed arithmetical formulae. 16)

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

(p. 133) āsāra torrential rain, a heavy shower; water-drop(s) (নয়নাসার). 7)

(p. 126) ālamāri an almirah; a cupboard. 43)

(p. 133) āstēbyastē in a great hurry; helterskelter; fussily (see also অস্তেব্যস্তে). 25)

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

(p. 123) āẏati1 state of a married woman whose husband is alive; any of the symbols (usu. borne on the person of the wife) indicating this marital state. 5)