(p. 125) ārādhanā, ārādhana- worship; service; prayer. আরাধনা করা v. to worship; to pray to. আরাধনীয় same as আরাধ্য । 5)

(p. 107) āḍḍā a dwelling-place, a habitat; a haunt; a (fixed or permanent) meetingplace, a rendezvous; a place or institution for practising anything (গানের আ়ড্ডা); a club; a company of informal and friendly talkers, their meetingplace or talk; a place for assemblage, a station or stand (গাড়ির আ়ড্ডা). আড্ডা গাড়া v. to take up abode (usu. permanently) to settle. আড্ডা দেওয়া, আড্ডা মারা v. to join in an assembly of idle talkers; to indulge in informal and friendly talk with others. ̃ধারী n. the keeper or the chief person of a club; a regular clubgoer. ̃বাজ a. fond of indulging in idle talk with others or of haunting clubs where such talk is indulged in. 3)

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

(p. 99) ākhēra consequence; the future; the end, termination. আখেরি a. last; terminal; concluding. আখেরে ভালো হওয়া to be paying or profitable in the long run. 53)

(p. 115) ābakhōrā a large drinking-glass or tall cup, a tumbler. 76)

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

(p. 107) ānantarya immediacy; adjacency; proximity; contiguity. 123)

(p. 99) āgala a door; a bolt for the door; an unfixed door (usu. made of wattles, straw, bamboo etc.); a hurdle; a barrier. 67)

(p. 126) ālīḍh় licked; tasted. n. a posture (adopted esp. whilst shooting an arrow) with a knee folded in the front and the other stretched out behind, (cp.) a crouchant position. 68)

(p. 99) ākāra-parimāpa contour survey. 10)

(p. 118) ābirbhāba coming into view (esp. for the first time or from hiding); appearance (esp. sudden); advent; arrival; birth; coming into existence; (of a deity) installing oneself somewhere; (of authors, painters, actors etc.) first appearance before the public; (of flowers etc.) coming out or being revealed, manifestation. 32)

(p. 107) ātti display of kindredship or affection. 26)

(p. 104) ājā the father of one's mother, maternal grandfather. 25)

(p. 96) āṃrā burning coal, live coal; charcoal; cinder. 12)

(p. 107) ātmīkaraṇa assimilation. 40)