(p. 133) āhāra eating; food; a meal. আহার ও বাসস্হান food and lodging, bed and board. আহার করা v. to eat; to eat a meal, to dine. আহার দেওয়া v. to give food; to feed. ̃দাতা n. one who gives food; a feeder; (fig.) a maintainer. fem. ̃দাত্রী । আহারনিদ্রা ত্যাগ করা to give up eating and sleeping (when one is troubled with anxiety or misgiving). ̃বিহার n. dinner or food and enjoyment. আহারান্ত n. termination of dinner or eating. আহারাভাব n. want of food; starvation; shortage or scarcity of food. আহারার্থ adv. for dining or eating. আহারার্থী a. seeking food or dinner. আহারী a. one who eats, eating; voracious. 46)

(p. 121) āmaḍ়ā the hog-plum. ̃গাছি n. flattering with some end in view, coaxing, cajolement. আমড়াগাছি করা v. to flatter with some motive or design, to coax, to cajole. 7)

(p. 126) āśruta promised; heard. 131)

(p. 118) ābhīra a member of the cowherd class; a cowherd. fem. আভীরী । ̃পল্লি n. a locality or village where cowherds live. 65)

(p. 126) āsanna imminent, approaching, impending, coming; proximate; last, final; (esp. in math.) approximate. আসন্ন কাল n. the time of death; the time of danger, critical time; the eleventh hour, the last moment. ̃প্রসবা a. fem. parturient; in an advanced stage of pregnancy, nearing delivery. আসন্ন বিপদ n. impending or imminent danger. আসন্ন মান n. approximate value or standard. ̃মৃত্যু a. about to die, dying. 145)

(p. 118) ābaraṇa covering or screening or veiling; a cover or covering; a lid; a screen, a veil. আবরণী n. a cover or covering; a lid; a screen; a veil. 6)

(p. 126) āsañjita adhered or adhering to. 142)

(p. 106) āḍ়āla a device or a thing that intercepts the view; a screen, a cover; a position or place intercepted from the view, hiding, concealment. আড়াল করা v. to put out of view; to hide, to conceal. আড়াল হওয়া v. to go out of view; to go behind the screen; to go in hiding, to hide. আড়াল আবডাল n. secrecy; cover; hiding. আড়ালে আবডালে adv. secretly, confidentially, in camera; in a hidden place, in concealment.

(p. 126) āryābarta upper or northern India where the ancient Aryans settled. 17)

(p. 99) ākuñcita slightly contracted or shrivelled or wrinkled or curled or contorted. 21)

(p. 126) ālōcanīẏa submitted or placed for discussion; worthy of discussion; discussible. 88)

(p. 106) āḍ়ṣa5 squint, oblique (আড় চোখ); half (আড়পাগলা). আড় ভাঙা v. to straighten. আড় হওয়া v. to lie down obliquely; to recline. ̃চোখে চাহনি, ̃চাহনি sidelong look or glance. ̃বাঁশি n. a kind of flute usu. made of bamboo or reed. ̃ভাবে adv. crosswise; obliquely. ̃মোড়া, আড়ামোড়া n. straightening or stretching one's body and removing inertia or lethargy or weariness. 13)

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

(p. 104) ājaḍ়ānō to uncover; to open. 21)

(p. 115) āba an excrescence (usu. spherical) on the skin, a tumour. 74)