আট : (p. 104) āṭa eight. আটই, আটুই n. the eighth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighth. ̃কড়াই, ̃কৌড়ে n. the Hindu ceremony of distributing eight kinds of fried snacks on the eighth day of a child's birth. ̃খানা করা v. to break or tear into pieces. ̃খানা হওয়া v. to be beside oneself (with joy). ̃চল্লিশ a. & n. forty-eight. ˜চালা n. a thatched room with eight roofs and no wall. ̃ত্রিশ a. & n. thirty-eight. ˜পহর, (dial.) ̃পর n. & adv. whole day and night. ˜পৌরে a. worn or used all day round or ordinarily; (fig.) commonplace, hackneyed. ̃ষট্টি a. & n. sixty-eight. 43)

(p. 118) ābaraka that which covers or screens or veils. n. a cover; a covering; a screen; a lid; a veil. 5)

(p. 107) ādurē treated with or brought up with excessive indulgence; petted. আদুরে গোপাল a child spoilt with excessive indulgence; a pampered child; the pet child of over-indulgent parents. 76)

(p. 106) āḍ়ā1 form, shape; mould; size; type. 19)

(p. 99) ākāla famine; scarcity; hard times. 15)

(p. 126) ālibandhana setting up a ridge of earth around a piece of agricultural land; building a dyke; damming. আলিবন্ধন করা v. to set up a ridge of earth around a piece of agricultural land; to build a dyke; to dam. 66)

(p. 126) ālāla a wealthy man. fem. আলালী । আলালের ঘরের দুলাল a pampered boy or young man of a rich family spoilt by over-indulgence. 61)

(p. 102) āghrāṇa smelling or sniffing. 15)

(p. 121) ābhyudaẏika pertaining to progress or promotion in life; pertaining to or causing well-being; causing prosperity. n. a ceremony performed on the eve of wedding etc. praying to the spirits of one's forefathers to bless the present occasion. 2)

(p. 115) ā-paḍ়ā unread; uneducated. 27)

(p. 126) ālāi-bālāi all sorts of misfortune or harm; evils. 51)

(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. 99) ākhyēẏa having a specific appellation, named, entitled, designated, denominated; to be narrated. 56)

(p. 126) ālōcita discussed; deliberated, considered. 90)

(p. 125) āraśōlā the cockroach, the blackbeetle. 2)

(p. 118) ābrahma starting with or from Brahma (ব্রক্ষ্ম). ̃স্তম্ব n. all creatures and objects starting with Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or the Supreme Consciousness down to the inanimate straw. 51)