(p. 98) ākasmika sudden; unexpected. আকস্মিক ঘটনা unexpected or chance occurrence. ̃তা n. suddenness, unexpectedness; abruptness. 26)

(p. 133) āsāmi a defendant in a criminal case, an accused. 6)

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

(p. 126) ālasē2 idle, lazy, slothful, sluggish, indolent. আলসেমি n. idleness, sloth; procrastination. 47)

(p. 104) ājībana & a. throughout the whole of one's life; for life; till death. 30)

(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. 95) ā1 the second vowel of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 133) āsāra torrential rain, a heavy shower; water-drop(s) (নয়নাসার). 7)

(p. 104) āṭa eight. আটই, আটুই n. the eighth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighth. ̃কড়াই, ̃কৌড়ে n. the Hindu ceremony of distributing eight kinds of fried snacks on the eighth day of a child's birth. ̃খানা করা v. to break or tear into pieces. ̃খানা হওয়া v. to be beside oneself (with joy). ̃চল্লিশ a. & n. forty-eight. ˜চালা n. a thatched room with eight roofs and no wall. ̃ত্রিশ a. & n. thirty-eight. ˜পহর, (dial.) ̃পর n. & adv. whole day and night. ˜পৌরে a. worn or used all day round or ordinarily; (fig.) commonplace, hackneyed. ̃ষট্টি a. & n. sixty-eight. 43)

(p. 96) āṃrā burning coal, live coal; charcoal; cinder. 12)

(p. 115) āba an excrescence (usu. spherical) on the skin, a tumour. 74)

(p. 115) āpta1 obtained, attained, realized, gratified (আপ্তকাম); free from errors; authoritative (আপ্তবাক্য); closely related as friends and relatives (আপ্তজন). ̃করণিক n. confidential clerk. ̃কাম a. one whose desires have been gratified. ̃কারী a. reliable; trustworthy. ̃জন n. one's own relative or friend. ̃বচন same as আপ্তবাক্য । ̃বন্ধু same as আপ্তজন । ̃বাক্য n. a revealed truth, revelation; (phil.) a source of knowledge; advice of one's own friends and relatives; a presumptive truth, an a priori truth. 61)

(p. 107) ādapē in reality, really; in truth; in fact, as a matter of fact; at all, in the least. 50)

(p. 123) ārabhamāṇa in a state of being commenced or undertaken; about to commence. 39)

(p. 126) ālōcanī a subject or subjects for discussion; a place or an institution where discussions are held. 87)