(p. 97) ān̐cānō to wash one's mouth, esp. by rinsing after a meal. না আঁচালে বিশ্বাস নেই there's many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip. 5)

(p. 106) āḍ়āni a large umbrella; a large fan. 26)

(p. 96) ān̐kābān̐kā zigzag, winding, meandering; tortuous. 23)

(p. 126) ālō light; a beam, a ray; effulgence; lustre, splendour; a flash of light; a lamp, a lantern. আলো করা v. to brighten; to light up; to lighten; to illuminate; to glorify. আলো দেখানো v. to show light to; (fig.) to give hope, to promise good. 81)

(p. 97) ān̐calā an ornamented border of a woman's loin-cloth. 3)

(p. 98) ākabari, ākabbari of Emperor Akbar or his reign. 17)

(p. 115) āpiṅgala brownish, slightly copper-coloured. 51)

(p. 107) ādēkhalā, ādēkhalē inordinately covetous about some object as if he or she has not seen anything like it before; inordinately greedy. ̃পনা n. greediness; indecently or indecorously greedy. 78)

(p. 126) āsabāba furniture. ̃পত্র n. furniture and fittings and all other movable goods, goods and chattels. ̃পত্র দিয়ে সাজানো to furnish. 147)

(p. 102) ācchā well; yes; fine; that's right. a. good, excellent; (iron.) fine (আচ্ছা বুদ্ধি); perfect (আচ্ছা সাধু) adv. thoroughly (usu. আচ্ছামতো). আচ্ছা ঘা কতক দেওয়া to give a good or sound drubbing, to give a good licking, to beat soundly.

(p. 121) āmari, ā mari indicating: praise, taunt, ridicule, sorrow etc.; now I'II die happily; I'II rather die. 19)

(p. 126) ālōẏāna a woollen wrapper for the body, a shawl; a wrapper. 99)

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

(p. 104) ājaba queer, strange; wonder-inspiring. আ়জব কাণ্ড a strange or queer incident. আজব দেশ a wonderland. আজব দুনিয়া the strange world. 23)

(p. 133) āstika having faith in God and in life beyond death and in the scriptures, theistic. n. a person having such faith, a theist. ̃তা, আস্তিক্য n. theism. 21)