(p. 99) ākāṭā uncut. আকাটা হীরা rough diamond. 3)

(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)

(p. 123) āẏamā a grant of rent-free land made by Muslim princes to religious preachers and to learned people. ̃মহল n. an estate of land held under this grant. 11)

(p. 107) ādharṣapatra a writ for arresting a person, a warrant. 91)

(p. 118) ābira a kind of perfumed and coloured powder that the Hindus sprinkle over one another esp. during the Holi (হোলি) festival. 31)

(p. 99) ākkēla understanding, intelligence, wit; common sense; faculty of judgment; considerateness. আক্কেল গুডুম n. nonplus, bewilderment, confusion. আক্কেল গুডুম হওয়া to be struck with bewilderment or confusion, to be nonplussed, to be at one's wit's end. ̃দাঁত n. the wisdom tooth. ̃পছন্দ n. ability to appraise or assess, the sense of proportion; aptitude or talent for selection and rejection; good practical sense. ̃মন্ত a. considerate; wise. ̃সেলামি n. the penalty paid or the loss suffered on account of folly. 33)

(p. 99) ākhuṭi capricious and obstinate insistence or demand (as of a child). আখুটে a. capriciously and obstinately insisting or demanding. 51)

(p. 107) ātāntara distress, misery; danger. আতান্তরে পড়া v. to get into or to be in distress. 18)

(p. 121) āma4 the mango. ̃আদা n. the mango ginger, a variety of ginger smelling like the mango. ̃চুর, ̃শি n. dried slices of green mango preserved in salt or in salt and mustard. মুখ শুকিয়ে আমশি হওয়া to look haggard, to have a shrivelled look, to have an emaciated and wizened face. ̃সত্ত্ব n. a thin cake made of the sweet juice of ripe mango by drying it in the sun (used as food), preserved essence of ripe mango. ̃হলুদ same as আম-আদা । বর্ণচোরা আম a variety of mango that looks green and should be sour but is actually ripe and sweet; (fig.) a person concealing his or her merits. 6)

(p. 133) āsōẏāra, āsōbāra mounted on an elephant, horse etc. n. one who is thus mounted, a rider. 15)

(p. 133) āhira a member of the cowherd class; a cowherd. fem. আহিরি, আহিরিনি । 51)

(p. 99) āgala a door; a bolt for the door; an unfixed door (usu. made of wattles, straw, bamboo etc.); a hurdle; a barrier. 67)

(p. 126) ārta sick; distressed, stricken with grief or sorrow; aggrieved; afflicted; oppressed; involved in danger. ̃ত্রাণ n. relief of the distressed or afflicted or oppressed or endangered persons. ̃সেবা n. helping the distressed or afflicted, relief work. ̃স্বর n. a piteous cry or wailing, an outcry of grief or pain or affliction. ̃স্বরে adv. in a piteous tone or voice, piteously. 4)

(p. 98) ākāṅkṣita desired; wished for. 30)

(p. 107) ātmīkaraṇa assimilation. 40)