(p. 115) āphagāna an Afghan. a. of Afghanistan or Afghans. আফগানি a. of Afghanistan. 68)

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

(p. 97) ān̐dhāra darkness, gloom; absence of light. a. dark, gloomy; deprived of light. আঁধার ঘরের মানিক an object of precious hope and consolation amidst utter misery; silver-lining. মনের আঁধার ignorance; extreme sorrow or dejection. আঁধারি same as আঁধার । 26)

(p. 121) āmaẏadā plentiful, abundant; excessive. 15)

(p. 126) āluthālu (of hair) unkempt, dishevelled, tousled; (of dress etc.) lacking in trimness, blowsy, disorderly. 72)

(p. 123) āẏurbēda the traditional Hindu science of medicine as taught in the Atharva Veda. আয়ুর্বেদীয় a. relating or pertaining to this science; according to this science. 20)

(p. 121) āmadāni (comm.) import; income; gathering (লোকের আমদানি); onrush, assemblage (বহুলোকের আমদানি); attack (রোগের আমদানি). আমদানি করা v. (comm.) to import; (in other cases) to bring. আমদানি বাণিজ্য n. import trade. আমদানি শুল্ক n. import duty. 8)

(p. 118) ābaddha bound, tied; shut; confined; besieged; enclosed (আবদ্ধ স্হান); involved; beset; mortgaged, pawned. আবদ্ধ করা v. to bind, to tie; to shut; to confine; to besiege; to enclose; to involve; to beset; to mortgage, to pawn. 4)

(p. 107) ātāntara distress, misery; danger. আতান্তরে পড়া v. to get into or to be in distress. 18)

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

(p. 107) āthāla a cowshed, a cowhouse. 47)

(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. 115) āpajātya privation or lack or absence of national or racial or familial good qualities; degeneration, degeneracy. 26)

(p. 126) āsara a gathering, a meeting, a sitting; a party (চায়ের আসর); a function (গানের আসর); a match, a tournament, a competition (খেলার আসর); a field; a society, a club. আসর গরম করা, আসর সরগরম করা v. to brighten up a party. আসর জমেছে v. the party warms up or becomes interesting; the party becomes crowded. আসর জমানো, আসর জাঁকানো same as আসর গরম করা । আসর মাতানো v. to brighten up a party; to make a party ripple with interest. আসরে অবতীর্ণ হওয়া, আসরে নামা v. to make one's appearance before the public or in society; to take the field; to make one's debut. 149)

(p. 118) ābiṣkāra, ābiṣkaraṇa, ābiṣkriẏā discovering; a discovery; invention; the thing invented. আবিষ্কার করা v. to discover; to invent. আবিষ্করণীয় a. that which is to be discovered or invented; well worth discovering or inventing. আবিষ্কর্তা, আবিষ্কারক n. a discoverer; an inventor. 35)