(p. 126) ālamāri an almirah; a cupboard. 43)

(p. 107) ādhāra2 food (esp. of birds); a nest. 95)

(p. 126) āluni (of cooked food) deficient in salt; salt-free; (fig.) insipid, tasteless. 73)

(p. 99) āgā2 a title of honour applied to a Musalman, esp. an Afghan. 73)

(p. 123) āraśi a mirror, a looking glass; a speculum.

(p. 107) ātithya hospitality; that with which a host entertains a guest. ̃গ্রহণ, ̃স্বীকার n. acceptance of one's hospitality as a guest. আতিথ্য গ্রহণ করা, আতিথ্য স্বীকার করা v. to become a guest (of). 23)

(p. 95) āimā one's mother's mother or aunt. 9)

(p. 115) āpīta2 that which has been drunk thoroughly, drunk to the dregs; drained. 56)

(p. 122) āmōda delight; joy; gladness; merriment, amusement; festivity; fun; (rare) far-reaching fragrance, extremely sweet fragrance. ̃আহ্লাদ n. pl. rejoicings. আমোদআহ্লাদ করা v. to rejoice. আমোদ করা v. to express delight or joy; to make merry; to indulge in or enjoy amusement; to be festive; to make fun; to poke fun (at); to fill with fragrance. ̃জনক a. delightful; merry; amusing; funny. ̃ন n. amusing, amusement, recreation; perfuming. ̃প্রমোদ n. pl. amusements, recreations. আমোদপ্রমোদ করা v. to indulge in amusements. ̃প্রিয় see আমুদে । আমোদিত a. delighted; perfumed, scented. আমোদী a. delighted; jolly, sportive; sweet-scented. fem. আমোদিনী । 23)

(p. 107) ānata stooped, bent down; inclined; stooping in obeisance; obeisant. আনত হওয়া v. to stoop, to bend down, to incline; to stoop in obeisance, to bow down. ̃তল n. inclined plane. ̃শির a. with the head bending or stooping low. আনতি n. act or state of bending down or stooping; inclination; act or state of stooping in obeisance; obeisance. 120)

(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. 126) ālōcāla rice obtained by sunning paddy and not by boiling it, sunned rice. 89)

(p. 126) ālaguci first efforts of a child to stand on its feet (আলগুচি দেওয়া). 28)

(p. 133) āsāna termination, end, subsidence, relief, mitigation (দুঃখের আসান, রোগের আসান); inflow, easy supply (পয়সার আসান). 3)

(p. 121) āma4 the mango. ̃আদা n. the mango ginger, a variety of ginger smelling like the mango. ̃চুর, ̃শি n. dried slices of green mango preserved in salt or in salt and mustard. মুখ শুকিয়ে আমশি হওয়া to look haggard, to have a shrivelled look, to have an emaciated and wizened face. ̃সত্ত্ব n. a thin cake made of the sweet juice of ripe mango by drying it in the sun (used as food), preserved essence of ripe mango. ̃হলুদ same as আম-আদা । বর্ণচোরা আম a variety of mango that looks green and should be sour but is actually ripe and sweet; (fig.) a person concealing his or her merits. 6)