(p. 98) ākalapatra a letter of credit. 25)

(p. 126) āśbāsa heartening with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. ̃ন n. heartening with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. ̃বাণী n. words that hearten with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. 124)

(p. 126) āsachē coming, next, ensuing. আসছে কাল n. & adv. tomorrow. 140)

(p. 123) āraśi a mirror, a looking glass; a speculum.

(p. 107) ātmā (Hindu theol.) the conscious immortal independent and active guide of every being which is present in theA body but is not an inseparable part of it; the soul, the atman; the Supreme Being, God; a guardian deity; one's own likeness, self-identify, selfhood, the body; the heart, the mind; natural disposition, nature. 29)

(p. 99) ākrānta attacked; invaded; oppressed; stricken (শোকে আক্রান্ত); affected. 37)

(p. 126) -ālu1 denoting nature, tendency, propensity etc. (নিদ্রালু, কৃপালু). 70)

(p. 107) ādhyātmika originating in the soul; spiritual; theological; relating to God or the Supreme Being; psychic; metaphysical; intellectual, mental. ̃তা n. spiritualism. 113)

(p. 96) āōẏāji a small window in the upper part of the wall, (cp.) a bay-window, (cp.) a skylight. 5)

(p. 104) āṭaka a bar, obstruction, hindrance; detention, confinement; restraint. a. confined, detained; imprisoned; enclosed. আটক করা v. to obstruct or confine or detain. আটক প়ড়া বা হওয়া v. to become obstructed or confined or detained. আটকবন্দি n. a detenu. 44)

(p. 104) ājhālā not pungent, not mixed with capsicums or chillies. 36)

(p. 99) ākhani stew, esp. of meat; a solution prepared by boiling water with spices for cooking some dishes. 46)

(p. 104) ājēbājē of little or no value, trash, worthless, useless, not worth a straw, meaningless, nonsensical. আজেবাজে কথা বলা v. to talk nonsense. 31)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭō tight; close-fitting. 17)

(p. 99) ākramaṇa an attack; an invasion; an inroad. আক্রমণ করা v. to attack, to invade; to fall upon. ̃কারী n. one who attacks, an attacker, an assailant; an aggressor, an invader. আক্রমণীয় a. that which can be or is to be attacked or invaded. 35)