(p. 126) āśraẏa adoption; shelter, aid, help, support, protection (দীনের আশ্রয়); a container, a store; a resort, a possessor, an embodiment (of) (সর্বগুণের আশ্রয়); a dwelling house, a residence (আশ্রয়হীন). আশ্রয় করা v. to adopt; to take shelter (in); to go or resort to for shelter or aid or support or protection. আশ্রয় দেওয়া v. to shelter, to give shelter; to give protection. আশ্রয় নেওয়া same as আশ্রয় করা । ̃গ্রহণ same as আশ্রয়ণ । আশ্রয়গ্রহণ করা same as আশ্রয় করা । ̃ণ n. adoption; taking shelter (in); going or resorting to for shelter or aid or support or protection. ̃ণীয় a. worthy of being adopted; worthy of being resorted to for shelter or aid or support or protection. ̃দাতা n. & a. one who gives shelter or protection. ˜দান n. sheltering. আশ্রয়দান করা same as আশ্রয় দেওয়া । ̃পুষ্ট a. nourished or flourished in shelter or support or protection (of); (bot.) endotropic. ̃প্রার্থী same as আশ্রয়ার্থী । ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. shelterless; deprived of shelter, supportless. 127)

(p. 107) ātmābhimāna self-conceit, vanity, egotism, amour-propre. আত্মাভিমানী a. selfconceited, vain, egotistic. fem. আত্মাভিমানিনী । 36)

(p. 99) ākulita struck with extreme distress or anxiety or perplexity. 27)

(p. 118) ābālya from childhood or infancy; ever since one's childhood. 28)

(p. 126) ālōcanī a subject or subjects for discussion; a place or an institution where discussions are held. 87)

(p. 126) āśanāi illicit love, an affair, an affaire de coer; a love-affair; love. 110)

(p. 107) āṇaba, āṇabika molecular. 6)

(p. 133) āhika a snake-charmer. 48)

(p. 107) ātmānusandhāna, ātmānbēṣaṇa an endeavour to acquire theological or spiritual knowledge; self-examination. আত্মানুসন্ধায়ী, আত্মান্বেষী a. endeavouring to acquire theological or spiritual knowledge; self-criticizing. 33)

(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. 107) ādhō half; partial; indistinct. আধোআধো a. babbling; mumbling; indistinct. 111)

(p. 99) ākāramātrika (of musical notation) using the post-consonantal আ-কার as the measure in notation. 12)

(p. 107) āḍḍā a dwelling-place, a habitat; a haunt; a (fixed or permanent) meetingplace, a rendezvous; a place or institution for practising anything (গানের আ়ড্ডা); a club; a company of informal and friendly talkers, their meetingplace or talk; a place for assemblage, a station or stand (গাড়ির আ়ড্ডা). আড্ডা গাড়া v. to take up abode (usu. permanently) to settle. আড্ডা দেওয়া, আড্ডা মারা v. to join in an assembly of idle talkers; to indulge in informal and friendly talk with others. ̃ধারী n. the keeper or the chief person of a club; a regular clubgoer. ̃বাজ a. fond of indulging in idle talk with others or of haunting clubs where such talk is indulged in. 3)

(p. 98) ām̐śa fibre; scales of a fish; (any) thin membranous excrescence on some insects, seeds, fruits etc; nap of cloth; grain of wood; (any of the) threadlike membranes in some fruits. 2)

(p. 115) āpyāẏana hospitable reception and treatment, entertainment; act of felicitating; entertaining with amusements. আপ্যায়ন করা v. to receive and treat hospitably, to entertain, to felicitate. 63)