(p. 126) āsatti union, amalgamation; proximity, adjacency, acquisition, acquirement; profit; (gr.) proximity of related words within a sentence (cp. collocation). 143)

(p. 133) āsikta slightly wet; thoroughly wet, drenched. 9)

(p. 98) ākarṣa attraction; pull; any object by which something is drawn or pulled; magnet; a tendril. আকর্ষক, আকর্ষিক, আকর্ষী a. that which attracts or draws or pulls. n. lodestone. 22)

(p. 115) āntḥprādēśika inter-provincial; (in a federal state like India) inter-state. 7)

(p. 126) ālaṅkārika figurative; rhetorical; relating to ornament; decorative. n. a rhetorician; an author of a treatise on rhetoric or poetics. 22)

(p. 121) āma4 the mango. ̃আদা n. the mango ginger, a variety of ginger smelling like the mango. ̃চুর, ̃শি n. dried slices of green mango preserved in salt or in salt and mustard. মুখ শুকিয়ে আমশি হওয়া to look haggard, to have a shrivelled look, to have an emaciated and wizened face. ̃সত্ত্ব n. a thin cake made of the sweet juice of ripe mango by drying it in the sun (used as food), preserved essence of ripe mango. ̃হলুদ same as আম-আদা । বর্ণচোরা আম a variety of mango that looks green and should be sour but is actually ripe and sweet; (fig.) a person concealing his or her merits. 6)

(p. 126) āśakārā indulgence; over-indulgence. আশকারা দেওয়া v. to treat with indulgence or over-indulgence. 106)

(p. 114) ānutōṣika a gratuity. 29)

(p. 106) āḍ়āāḍ়i crosswise; across; diagonally. n. mutual ill-feeling or rivalry. 22)

(p. 104) āñjumāna, āñjumana an association, a society, a club; a meeting. 42)

(p. 133) āsāsōn̐ṭā a sceptre; (loos.) staffs and maces. 8)

(p. 118) ābalusa ebony, ebon. আবলুস-কালো a. ebon-coloured, black as ebony. 14)

(p. 98) ākampa, ākampana a slight trembling or thrill or throbbing or vibration. 18)

(p. 99) ākāra1 shape, form; figure; appearance. 7)

(p. 96) ān̐khara a letter of the alphabet. 25)