(p. 107) ātmārāma the soul; life; the mind; life as imagined as a bird enclosed by the prison of a body; a term of endearment with which a pet parrot, or parakeet, or magpie is addressed (বলো বাবা আত্মারাম). আত্মারাম খাঁচাছাড়া হওয়া v. to die. আত্মারাম শুকিয়ে যাওয়া v. to cower. 37)

(p. 114) ānānō to cause to be brought or fetched. 21)

(p. 133) āshābāna confident; faithful; devoted. 29)

(p. 104) ājanma & a. since one's birth; ever since one's birth. ̃কাল adv. during the whole of one's life, for life. 22)

(p. 107) āḍḍā a dwelling-place, a habitat; a haunt; a (fixed or permanent) meetingplace, a rendezvous; a place or institution for practising anything (গানের আ়ড্ডা); a club; a company of informal and friendly talkers, their meetingplace or talk; a place for assemblage, a station or stand (গাড়ির আ়ড্ডা). আড্ডা গাড়া v. to take up abode (usu. permanently) to settle. আড্ডা দেওয়া, আড্ডা মারা v. to join in an assembly of idle talkers; to indulge in informal and friendly talk with others. ̃ধারী n. the keeper or the chief person of a club; a regular clubgoer. ̃বাজ a. fond of indulging in idle talk with others or of haunting clubs where such talk is indulged in. 3)

(p. 115) āpannasattbā pregnant. n. a pregnant woman. 40)

(p. 121) āma2 the common people. a. of or for the common people. ̃দরবার n. a place for public audience. ̃মোক্তার n. a legally appointed representative, an attorney. ̃মোক্তারনামা n. power-of-attorney. 4)

(p. 122) āmūla to the root; radically; thoroughly, completely, root-and-branch. a. extended to the root; radical (আমূল সংস্কার); thorough. 20)

(p. 125) ārāma1 recovered from illness, cured; relieved. আরাম করা v. to cure. আরাম হওয়া v. to be cured or soothed. 9)

(p. 107) ādharṣapatra a writ for arresting a person, a warrant. 91)

(p. 115) āntarikṣa of or in the sky, skyey; atmospherical, aerial; ethereal; heavenly. n. the sky; the cloud. 11)

(p. 118) ābāsa a dwelling-place, a habitation, a home, an abode; a residence; a house. আবাসিক n. a caretaker (chiefly of a Buddhist monastery). a. resident (আবাসিক শল্য-চিকিত্সক); (of a student) living in a students' hostel. আবাসিক বিদ্যালয় residential school. 29)

(p. 106) āḍ়ānā an Indian musical mode. 25)

(p. 133) āhēriẏā, āhēḍ়iẏā (amongst the Rajputs) the ceremony of hunting in the forest on the first day of spring; a hunting clan. 55)

(p. 118) ābiṣkāra, ābiṣkaraṇa, ābiṣkriẏā discovering; a discovery; invention; the thing invented. আবিষ্কার করা v. to discover; to invent. আবিষ্করণীয় a. that which is to be discovered or invented; well worth discovering or inventing. আবিষ্কর্তা, আবিষ্কারক n. a discoverer; an inventor. 35)