(p. 107) ātmīkaraṇa assimilation. 40)

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

(p. 118) ābhāṅā not broken, unbroken (আভাঙা ডাল); not ground, unground (আভাঙা গম). 55)

(p. 107) ādhṛta caught hold of; held; taken, received; arrested; seized, captured; accepted. 108)

(p. 126) ārthanītika pertaining to economics, economic; pertaining to financial policy. 8)

(p. 96) āōẏāja sound; noise; voice. 4)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭuni tightness, tension; tight fastening or fixation; strictness, rigour; (of speech etc.) compactness. 15)

(p. 121) āma3 uncooked, raw (আমমাংস); unburnt, unbaked (আমসরা, আমহাঁড়ি) ̃গন্ধি a. (of food) cooked but somewhat raw. 5)

(p. 99) ākkēla understanding, intelligence, wit; common sense; faculty of judgment; considerateness. আক্কেল গুডুম n. nonplus, bewilderment, confusion. আক্কেল গুডুম হওয়া to be struck with bewilderment or confusion, to be nonplussed, to be at one's wit's end. ̃দাঁত n. the wisdom tooth. ̃পছন্দ n. ability to appraise or assess, the sense of proportion; aptitude or talent for selection and rejection; good practical sense. ̃মন্ত a. considerate; wise. ̃সেলামি n. the penalty paid or the loss suffered on account of folly. 33)

(p. 97) ān̐cala an expanse of a part or an end of a loin-cloth (esp. one worn by women). ̃-ধরা a. (said of a man) very obedient to women or to one's wife; henpecked; (of a boy) very much dependent on his mother. 2)

(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. 106) āḍ়āla a device or a thing that intercepts the view; a screen, a cover; a position or place intercepted from the view, hiding, concealment. আড়াল করা v. to put out of view; to hide, to conceal. আড়াল হওয়া v. to go out of view; to go behind the screen; to go in hiding, to hide. আড়াল আবডাল n. secrecy; cover; hiding. আড়ালে আবডালে adv. secretly, confidentially, in camera; in a hidden place, in concealment.

(p. 121) āmarā we. 18)

(p. 126) āsachē coming, next, ensuing. আসছে কাল n. & adv. tomorrow. 140)

(p. 126) āśaka a lover, a suitor, a sweetheart. 105)