(p. 99) ākrama a forcible passage; inroad; prowess; invasion; defeat; rise, appearance. 34)

(p. 95) āi mother; one's mother's mother or aunt. 5)

(p. 106) āḍ়ṣa5 squint, oblique (আড় চোখ); half (আড়পাগলা). আড় ভাঙা v. to straighten. আড় হওয়া v. to lie down obliquely; to recline. ̃চোখে চাহনি, ̃চাহনি sidelong look or glance. ̃বাঁশি n. a kind of flute usu. made of bamboo or reed. ̃ভাবে adv. crosswise; obliquely. ̃মোড়া, আড়ামোড়া n. straightening or stretching one's body and removing inertia or lethargy or weariness. 13)

(p. 115) āṇḍila very rich. n. a heap; a bundle. 6)

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

(p. 98) ākāṅkṣaṇīẏa desirable; worthy of being desired or wished for. 28)

(p. 126) ālakātarā tar, pitch, coal-tar. 24)

(p. 102) ācchanna covered; overcast; concealed; pervaded; comatose; drowsy; overwhelmed; dumbfounded. 39)

(p. 99) ākāmānō unshaved; (rare) unearned (আকামানো কড়ি). 6)

(p. 104) āṭā2 coarse flour, meal. আটা মাখা v. to knead flour.

(p. 98) ām̐śaṭē smelling of scales of fish; smelling of fish. 3)

(p. 102) ācālā (of wheat, rice, pulses etc.) unsifted. 37)

(p. 115) āpila (in law) a prayer for retrial; an appeal. আপিল করা v. to prefer an appeal, to appeal. ̃-আদালত n. an appellate court. ̃কারী n. an appellant. আপিলে খালাস acquitted or released on appeal. 52)

(p. 122) āmāni the water in which cooked rice has been soaked overnight. 9)

(p. 133) āhnika daily, diurnal. n. prescribed daily prayer of God. আহ্নিক করা v. to say the prescribed daily prayer to God. ̃গতি diurnal rotation of the earth. আহ্নিকে বসা v. to sit for saying the prescribed daily prayer to God. 57)