(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. 114) ānanda joy, delight; happiness; gladness, cheerfulness; pleasure; merriment. আনন্দ করা v. to rejoice; to make merry. ̃কর a. delightful; pleasant; gladdening. ̃কানন n. a delightful woodland or grove; a pleasure-grove. ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. causing joy; delightful; pleasant. ̃ন n. producing joy, delight etc. ̃বিহ্বল a. beside oneself with joy, overwhelmed with joy. ̃ময় a. full of joy, joyful; delightful; happy; cheerful; pleasant; merry. ̃ময়ী a. fem. of আনন্দময় । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃লহরী n. a wave of delight; a musical instrument with one string held in one hand and played with a plectrum by the other. 2)

(p. 118) ābahamāna existing or continuing since the beginning; traditional and ever-existent. ̃কাল adv. continuing or existing from time immemorial; ever since the beginning. 19)

(p. 102) ācāra1 sauce; pickle. আমের আচার pickled slices of mango, mango pickles or preserves. 34)

(p. 126) ālā2 first; highest; best. 49)

(p. 115) āpākā unripe, raw; not thoroughly ripened. 45)

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

(p. 123) āẏatana area or its measure; volume or its measure; extension; breadth; width; a house, an abode; an institution (অচলায়তন); an altar. ̃স্হাপকতা n. bulkelasticity. আয়তনাঙ্ক n. bulk-modulus. 4)

(p. 99) ākulibikuli restlessness owing to worry or anxiety; extreme distress or anxiety or worry; ardency, fervidity; eagerness. adv. very anxiously or worriedly; ardently, fervently, eagerly. 28)

(p. 115) āpādamastaka from head to foot, cap-apie; from top to bottom. 48)

(p. 133) āstābala a stable (for horses, elephants etc.). 20)

(p. 96) ān̐kibuki a scribble, drawing or writing carelessly or unmindfully. 22)

(p. 102) āgē at first, in the beginning; in the past; in front; before. ̃কার a. of the beginning; of the past; of the front; preceding. আগে আগে adv. continuously or always in front. ̃পাছে adv. in front and at the back; before and after. আগে পাছে করা v. to hesitate. ̃ভাগে adv. first of all; at first; in advance. 8)

(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. 126) ālādā (also adv.) different; separate; detached. 53)