(p. 107) ānaka a large drum; a wardrum; thunder-cloud. a. thunderous; sounding. 116)

(p. 106) āṭānna fifty-eight. 4)

(p. 126) āṣāḍh় the third month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of June to the middle of July); (poet. & fig.) the monsoon. আষাঢ়ে a. of or in or during the month or Ashara (আষাঢ়); produced or growing or occurring in Ashara (আষাঢ়); false, fantastic. আষাঢ়ে গল্প a queer or fantastic tale, a cockand-bull story. 134)

(p. 126) ālēẏā ignus fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp; (fig.) delusion. আলেয়ার আলো the light of will-o'-the-wisp; (fig.) a ray of false hope or delusion, golden dreams; insubstantial thing, optical illusion. 80)

(p. 107) ādhyāna recollection; meditation; anxiety. 114)

(p. 126) ārdrā the sixth of the twenty-seven zodiacal stars according to Hindu astronomy. 12)

(p. 107) ādama (according to the Bible and the Quran) the name of the first man, Adam. 52)

(p. 107) ādhikārika an officer (esp. a high-ranking officer). 97)

(p. 104) ājānu down to the knees. ̃লম্বিত a. reaching down to the knees. ̃লম্বিতবাহু a. possessing arms that are long enough to reach down to the knees. n. such long arms. 28)

(p. 118) ābadāra a childish or capricious insistence on having or doing something; an unreasonable demand or claim; a fanciful claim preferred to an affectionate person. আবদার করা v. to insist childishly or capriciously on having or doing something; to demand or claim unreasonably. আবদারে, আবদেরে a. insisting childishly or capriciously on having or doing something. 3)

(p. 104) ājaba queer, strange; wonder-inspiring. আ়জব কাণ্ড a strange or queer incident. আজব দেশ a wonderland. আজব দুনিয়া the strange world. 23)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭō tight; close-fitting. 17)

(p. 107) ādhōẏā unwashed; unbleached. 112)

(p. 98) ākanṭha (filling) up to one's throat; (fig.) almost completely submerged or sunk (আকন্ঠ নিমজ্জিত). ঋণে আকন্ঠ নিমজ্জিত হওয়া to be over head and ears in debt. আকন্ঠ ভোজন করা v. to eat and drink to excess, to overfeed, to surfeit. 14)

(p. 118) ābaśyaka necessary; essential. n. necessity, need. ̃তা n. necessity, need. ̃বোধে adv. having considered or considering it necessary. আবশ্যকীয় a. necessary; essential. 16)