(p. 115) āpada danger; distress; misery; calamity; any unpleasant person or thing. ̃গ্রস্ত a. involved in danger, endangered, imperilled; involved in difficulty or distress; troubled or distressed. ̃ধর্ম, আপদ্ধর্ম n. a course or measure (usu. not thoroughly honest) that may be adopted in time of danger or disaster or emergency. ̃বালাই n. pl. dangers and harms. ̃-বিপদ n. dangers and difficulties. 34)

(p. 99) ākhyēẏa having a specific appellation, named, entitled, designated, denominated; to be narrated. 56)

(p. 126) āśbāsa heartening with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. ̃ন n. heartening with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. ̃বাণী n. words that hearten with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. 124)

(p. 106) āḍ়āni a large umbrella; a large fan. 26)

(p. 115) āpakka imperfectly ripened, half-ripe; half-cooked, half-baked, half-roasted, half-boiled. 23)

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

(p. 125) ārōpapatra a charge-sheet. 15)

(p. 122) āmāni the water in which cooked rice has been soaked overnight. 9)

(p. 121) ābhyudaẏika pertaining to progress or promotion in life; pertaining to or causing well-being; causing prosperity. n. a ceremony performed on the eve of wedding etc. praying to the spirits of one's forefathers to bless the present occasion. 2)

(p. 123) āẏāsa pain, trouble; exhaustion, fatigue; an exertion of strength or power, labour, strain; an endeavour, an effort. ̃সাধ্য a. involving effort, strenuous, laborious, arduous, toilsome, uphill. 16)

(p. 99) āgi (obs. & poet.) fire. 82)

(p. 126) āśamāna the sky, the firmament; the heavens. ̃জমিন ফারাক n. great difference. a. pole apart; vastly different. আশমানি n. the sky colour. a. of the sky; of sky-blue colour, sky-blue; azure. 112)

(p. 95) āi mother; one's mother's mother or aunt. 5)

(p. 104) ājhālā not pungent, not mixed with capsicums or chillies. 36)

(p. 118) ābāla a boy or a child or an underage person (esp. one who is foolish or helpless); an ignorant or dull-headed person. ̃বৃদ্ধবনিতা n. one and all; men women and children. 27)