(p. 104) āñjā the interim period between the delivery of a child and the next conception. 40)

(p. 104) ājhōḍ়ā not clipped or pared down, not sheared or pruned. 37)

(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. 118) ābōlatābōla incoherent talk; nonsense; delirium; nonsense rhymes. a. incoherent and nonsensical. 49)

(p. 126) āśraẏī one who adopts or takes shelter; sheltered. 129)

(p. 102) āgu the first, the beginning; the past; advance. a. first; preceding; advance; forward. adv. a. first of all. ̃তে adv. at first; in the past. ̃পাছু, ̃পিছু adv. n. from beginning to end, alpha and omega; the past and the future. ̃পাছু করা,̃পিছু করা v. to hesitate. ̃পাছু ভাবা v. to look before and after, to consider the pros and cons of a thing. ̃য়ান, ̃সার a. going or coming forward, advancing; proceeding; leading. আগুয়ান বা আগুসার হওয়া v. to go or come forward, to advance; to proceed; to take the lead. 2)

(p. 96) āōẏāja sound; noise; voice. 4)

(p. 126) āṣāḍh় the third month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of June to the middle of July); (poet. & fig.) the monsoon. আষাঢ়ে a. of or in or during the month or Ashara (আষাঢ়); produced or growing or occurring in Ashara (আষাঢ়); false, fantastic. আষাঢ়ে গল্প a queer or fantastic tale, a cockand-bull story. 134)

(p. 126) āla2 a ridge of earth set up around a piece of agricultural land; a dyke; a dam. আল বাঁধা v. to set up a ridge of earth around a piece of agricultural land; to build a dyke, to dam. 21)

(p. 122) āmāni the water in which cooked rice has been soaked overnight. 9)

(p. 95) āiẏō a woman whose husband is alive. 10)

(p. 99) ākharōṭa the walnut. 48)

(p. 126) ālagōcha detached, not touching. আলগোছে adv. (of hands, eating and drinking vessels etc.) not bringing into contact with the mouth (whilst eating or drinking); not touching, avoiding contact (আলগোছে ডিঙানো); aloof (আলগোছে থাকা); carefully and softly (আলগোছে যাওয়া); lightly (আলগোছে মারা). 29)

(p. 126) āśaṅkanīẏa dreadful, frightening, alarming; suspicious; doubtful. 107)

(p. 126) ārdraka ginger. 11)