(p. 126) ālō-chāẏā a mixture of light and shade, chiaroscuro. আলো-ছায়ার খেলা light-and-shade play. 93)

(p. 106) āḍ়ā3 a rive-bank; a crossbeam; a horizontal pole suspended from the ceiling etc. of a room for hanging clothes and other things. 21)

(p. 115) āpana one's own, own. ̃জন n. one's own man, a friend or relative. ̃পর a. one's near and far ones. n. friend and foe. ̃ভোলা a. careless about one's own interests; absent-minded, absorbed. 35)

(p. 126) āluphā obtained for nothing or without payment. adv. for nothing, gratis. 74)

(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. 102) ācchanna covered; overcast; concealed; pervaded; comatose; drowsy; overwhelmed; dumbfounded. 39)

(p. 115) āphuṭanta, āphōṭā not yet bloomed, unblown; not clearly visible; indistinct; (in the process of being boiled but) not yet boiling; parboiled. 72)

(p. 121) āmantraẏitā an inviter; a host; one who gives a call to come; one who greets. 12)

(p. 115) āpyāẏita received and treated hospitably, entertained; felicitated. আপ্যায়িত করা same as আপ্যায়ন করা । 64)

(p. 126) ālagōcha detached, not touching. আলগোছে adv. (of hands, eating and drinking vessels etc.) not bringing into contact with the mouth (whilst eating or drinking); not touching, avoiding contact (আলগোছে ডিঙানো); aloof (আলগোছে থাকা); carefully and softly (আলগোছে যাওয়া); lightly (আলগোছে মারা). 29)

(p. 133) āstika having faith in God and in life beyond death and in the scriptures, theistic. n. a person having such faith, a theist. ̃তা, আস্তিক্য n. theism. 21)

(p. 126) ālabāla a ridge of earth raised round the root of a tree for the purpose of watering. 41)

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

(p. 118) ābēśa confounded state of mind; mental confusion, perplexity; tremendous excitement of passion ('আবেশে হিয়ার মাঝারে লই'); attachment, love ('আবেশে অবশ তনু'); entrance; infiltration, taking possession (ভূতাবেশ); rapt attention; trance; engrossment; rapture; obsession. 43)

(p. 107) ānakā, ānakō queer, strange; new; unfamiliar; unknown. 117)