(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. 98) ākān̐ḍ়ā (of rice etc.) unhusked; not thoroughly husked; unrefined. 27)

(p. 96) ān̐caḍ় an instance of scraping or digging with the finger-nails or claws, a scratch; a thin mark or line; (fig.) a cursory or slight examination or effort (এক আঁচড়ে বুঝে নেওয়া). এক আঁচড়ে upon a cursory or slight examination. 28)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭi1 a bundle. বোঝার উপর শাকের আঁটি the last straw that breaks the camel's back. 13)

(p. 106) āḍ়2 a kind of salt-water fish. 10)

(p. 104) āchila (poet.) 3rd. per. (sing.) was; (pl.) were. 15)

(p. 107) ādyōpānta from beginning to end, from first to last; from top to bottom; all over; all through. 87)

(p. 126) ālapākā the alpaca; cloth made of its wool. 38)

(p. 106) āṭhārō eighteen. ̃ই n. the eighteenth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighteenth. আঠারো মাসে বছর intolerable procrastination. 7)

(p. 95) āibaḍ়, āibuḍ়ō unmarried. আইবুড়োভাত n. the ceremony of taking the last meal by a Hindu bride or bridegroom on the night immediately preceding their wedding-day. আইবুড়ো মেয়ে a woman who remains single after the conventional age for marrying, a spinster. 8)

(p. 118) ābarjita cast-off; bent down; controlled or regulated. 11)

(p. 107) ādara caress; cordiality; cordial reception; appreciation; fondness; love, affection; respect, honour, esteem. আদর করা v. to caress, to fondle; to receive cordially; to treat with cordiality; to appreciate; to respect, to honour, to esteem. ̃-অভ্যর্থনা, ̃-আপ্যায়ন, ̃যত্ন n. hearty reception and kind attention (to guests, invitees and others); warm welcome. আদরনীয় a. worthy of being received cordially or appreciated or esteemed. 55)

(p. 104) āchaḍ়ā-āchaḍ়i throwing continuously to the ground with force; mutual knocking to the ground as in wrestling. 7)

(p. 107) ādau (ori. & lit.) in the beginning, at first; (pop. and current) at all, in the least. 82)

(p. 122) āmēja subtle presence or slight trace, a touch; a touch of similarity; the ultimate part of anything passing away, after-image, after-taste (সুরের আমেজ, নেশার আমেজ); pleasant drowsiness or rapt attention (গানের আমেজ আসা). 22)