(p. 133) āstara2, āstaraṇa bed; a bedcover, a coverlet; a bedsheet; a carpet or any similar article (esp. to sit upon); an ornamental cloth placed on the back of an elephant for the rider to sit upon. আস্তর মেঘ stratus. 18)

(p. 121) āmalā an office-clerk; a government office. ̃তন্ত্র n. bureaucracy. ̃তান্ত্রিক a. bureaucratic.

(p. 126) āśraẏārthī seeking shelter. n. one who seeks shelter; a refugee. fem. আশ্রয়ার্থিনী । 128)

(p. 95) āiẏōḍina tincture of iodine. 11)

(p. 97) ān̐tipān̐ti at the head and at the foot of a bed; everywhere. 22)

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

(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. 126) āsakē variety of pancake made of a thin paste of liquefied rice-powder. 137)

(p. 99) ākāṭa2 downright, out-and-out, thorough, arrant (আকাট মূর্খ); foolish (আকাট লোক). 2)

(p. 107) ādha, ādhā & a. half. আধকপালি, আধকপালে n. hemicrania, migraine, megrim. আধখেঁচড়া a. half-done; done perfunctorily; disordered; bungled. আধথালা a. half-plate. আধপাকা a. halfripe; partly ripe. আধপাগলা a. crack-brained, cranky, having a screw loose, mentally defective, crazy. n. one with a screw loose, a crack-brain, a crank. আধপেটা a. sufficient to satisfy only half the hunger; half-fed. adv. to the extent of being half-fed. আধপোড়া a. half-burned; half-roasted; halfbaked. আধবয়সী, আধবুড়ো a. middleaged. fem. আধবুড়ি । আধমনি a. containing half a maund (of things). আধমনি কৈলাস a gluttonous person, one who eats too much; one who is capable of eating too much. আধমরা a. half-dead; almost dead, more dead than alive. আধসিদ্ধ a. parboiled. আধসের n. (now obs.) half a seer. আধহাতি a. half a cubit long. 90)

(p. 104) ājñā an order; a command; a decree; an injunction; permission. int. indicating: response; willingness, consent etc. (whilst talking to superiors), yes sir, right sir. আজ্ঞা করা v. to order, to command; to permit. আজ্ঞা দেওয়া v. to give an order or command or permission. ̃কারী a. & n. one who orders or commands or permits. fem. ˜কারিনী । ̃কারী হওয়া v. to carry out or obey an order or command. ̃ক্রমে, আজ্ঞানুক্রমে adv. in obedience to or in accordance with an order. ̃ধীন, আজ্ঞানুবর্তী n. subservient; subordinate, bound to carry out one's orders; subject to one's orders, obedient. আজ্ঞানুবর্তিতা n. subordination, subjection; obedience. আজ্ঞানুযায়ী, আজ্ঞানুসারে same as আজ্ঞাক্রমে । ̃পক a. & n. one who orders or commands. ˜পত্র n. a writ of command, a written order; a permit. ̃পন n. act of ordering or commanding. ̃পালক a. (also n.) one who carries out or obeys an order or command; subservient or subordinate (person). ̃পালন n. act of carrying out or complying with an order; obedience. ̃পিত a. ordered, commanded. বহ same as আজ্ঞাধীন । ̃মতো same as আজ্ঞাক্রমে । ̃লঙ্ঘন n. act of disobeying an order. ̃লিপি same as আজ্ঞাপত্র । ̃লেখ n. a writ. আজ্ঞে int. indicating: a polite response, acknowledgment, inquiry etc. (whilst talking to superiors); yes, sir; what's your pleasure, sir? যে আজ্ঞা as you please, sir. 34)

(p. 122) āmudē, āmōdapriẏa given to merriment; sportive, merry; gay, cheerful, jolly; vivacious, sprightly; witty, humorous. 19)

(p. 99) āgaḍ় an unfixed door usually made of straw, bamboo, wattles etc.; a hurdle. 58)

(p. 102) ācālā (of wheat, rice, pulses etc.) unsifted. 37)

(p. 126) ālōcāla rice obtained by sunning paddy and not by boiling it, sunned rice. 89)