(p. 126) ārta sick; distressed, stricken with grief or sorrow; aggrieved; afflicted; oppressed; involved in danger. ̃ত্রাণ n. relief of the distressed or afflicted or oppressed or endangered persons. ̃সেবা n. helping the distressed or afflicted, relief work. ̃স্বর n. a piteous cry or wailing, an outcry of grief or pain or affliction. ̃স্বরে adv. in a piteous tone or voice, piteously. 4)

(p. 115) āpōśa compromise. আপোশ করা v. to compromise, to strike out a compromise; to settle amicably. ̃রফা, ̃মীমাংসা n. amicable settlement, compromise. আপোশে adv. amicably; by arrangement. 60)

(p. 123) āẏamā a grant of rent-free land made by Muslim princes to religious preachers and to learned people. ̃মহল n. an estate of land held under this grant. 11)

(p. 123) āẏanā a mirror, a looking-glass, a speculum. 10)

(p. 115) āpīta1 yellowish. 55)

(p. 126) āsādana obtaining; attainment, acquirement; receipt; income; arrival; performance or execution (of a work).

(p. 123) āẏasa of or made of or caused by iron; ferrous. n. iron. আয়সী n. fem. a coatmail made of iron, an iron armour. 12)

(p. 107) ādha, ādhā & a. half. আধকপালি, আধকপালে n. hemicrania, migraine, megrim. আধখেঁচড়া a. half-done; done perfunctorily; disordered; bungled. আধথালা a. half-plate. আধপাকা a. halfripe; partly ripe. আধপাগলা a. crack-brained, cranky, having a screw loose, mentally defective, crazy. n. one with a screw loose, a crack-brain, a crank. আধপেটা a. sufficient to satisfy only half the hunger; half-fed. adv. to the extent of being half-fed. আধপোড়া a. half-burned; half-roasted; halfbaked. আধবয়সী, আধবুড়ো a. middleaged. fem. আধবুড়ি । আধমনি a. containing half a maund (of things). আধমনি কৈলাস a gluttonous person, one who eats too much; one who is capable of eating too much. আধমরা a. half-dead; almost dead, more dead than alive. আধসিদ্ধ a. parboiled. আধসের n. (now obs.) half a seer. আধহাতি a. half a cubit long. 90)

(p. 99) ākāṭā uncut. আকাটা হীরা rough diamond. 3)

(p. 126) ārdraka ginger. 11)

(p. 126) āsakē variety of pancake made of a thin paste of liquefied rice-powder. 137)

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

(p. 118) ābhūmi down to the ground; having prostrated oneself (আভূমি প্রণত হওয়া). 66)

(p. 123) āẏā a nurse-maid or waiting-maid, an ayah. 13)

(p. 95) āuśa, āusa (chiefly of paddy) ripening in the rainy season or in autumn; (loos.) ripening or growing early. 15)