(p. 133) āstē slowly; carefully; lightly, mildly, gently (আস্তে মারা); stepping lightly or noiselessly (আস্তে আসা); in an undertone (আস্তে কথা বলো); noiselessly. 24)

(p. 115) ābōẏāba any of the conventional and usually illegal payments exacted by landowners from tenants. 75)

(p. 107) āditēẏa a son of Aditi (অদিতি) the mother of gods, a god. 69)

(p. 121) āmantrita invited; called to come; greeted. 13)

(p. 107) ādamaśumāra, ādamaśumāri census. 53)

(p. 106) āḍ়āāḍ়i crosswise; across; diagonally. n. mutual ill-feeling or rivalry. 22)

(p. 123) āraṇi whirlpool; eddy. 32)

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

(p. 99) ākuñcana slight contraction or shrivelling or wrinkle or curl or contortion. 20)

(p. 115) āpanā one's own self. a. one's own. আপনা-আপনি adv. by or of one's own self; on one's own; without any outward aid; spontaneously. n. pl. one's own people, friends and relatives. আপনা-আপনির মধ্যে among one's own people; among friends and relations. আপনার var. of আপন । আপনা থেকে of or by one's own self; on one's own; of its own; spontaneously. আপনার পায়ে কুড়ল মারা (fig.) to dig one's own grave. 36)

(p. 106) āṭāśa, āṭhāśa twenty-eight. আটাশে v. the twenty-eighth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) twenty-eighth; (of a child) born in the eighth month of conception; very weak, rickety. 5)

(p. 123) ārakṣa police or military station; an outpost; defence force, homeguard. a. engaged in defence. আরক্ষা n. the police. আরক্ষাবাহিনী n. the police force. আরক্ষিক, আরক্ষী n. a policeman; a guardsman. আরক্ষিদল n. a police picket. 30)

(p. 126) ārmēcāra an armature. 13)

(p. 118) ābēṣṭita surrounded, enclosed, encircled. 48)

(p. 126) ālaṭākarā the uvula, the epiglottis. 32)