(p. 123) ārakṣa police or military station; an outpost; defence force, homeguard. a. engaged in defence. আরক্ষা n. the police. আরক্ষাবাহিনী n. the police force. আরক্ষিক, আরক্ষী n. a policeman; a guardsman. আরক্ষিদল n. a police picket. 30)

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

(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. 133) āsānaḍ়i a thick stick; a staff. 4)

(p. 122) āmūla to the root; radically; thoroughly, completely, root-and-branch. a. extended to the root; radical (আমূল সংস্কার); thorough. 20)

(p. 122) āmāra my, mine. 11)

(p. 99) ākāṭha, ākāṭhā inferior or worthless timber. 4)

(p. 114) ānartha, ānarthya, ānarthakya futility; ineffectualness. 14)

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

(p. 102) ācchā well; yes; fine; that's right. a. good, excellent; (iron.) fine (আচ্ছা বুদ্ধি); perfect (আচ্ছা সাধু) adv. thoroughly (usu. আচ্ছামতো). আচ্ছা ঘা কতক দেওয়া to give a good or sound drubbing, to give a good licking, to beat soundly.

(p. 122) āmi I. n. self-knowledge; the soul, the ego; egoism, pride, vanity, self-importance. ̃ত্ব n. egoism, vanity. 14)

(p. 123) āraka extract, essence; juice; spirit; arrack; tincture. 28)

(p. 133) āhā expressing sorrow, bereavement, sympathy etc,; alas, ha, ah, oh. ̃মরি int. expressing: praise or ridicule. a. (chiefly dero. or facet.) astonishing, wonderful. 45)

(p. 122) āmā2 (poet.) I myself; I; me; to me. 4)

(p. 114) ānānō to cause to be brought or fetched. 21)