(p. 126) āśraẏārthī seeking shelter. n. one who seeks shelter; a refugee. fem. আশ্রয়ার্থিনী । 128)

(p. 115) āndōlana agitation; movement; stir; swinging, oscillation; vibration; cogitation, discussion. রাজনীতিক আন্দোলন political agitation or movement. আন্দোলন করা v. to agitate; to stir; to swing, to oscillate; to vibrate; to cogitate, to discuss. মনে আন্দোলন হওয়া v. to have a thing cogitated in one's mind. 16)

(p. 133) āhika a snake-charmer. 48)

(p. 107) ādiṣṭa ordered, commanded; decreed; directed; ordained. 73)

(p. 98) ākabari, ākabbari of Emperor Akbar or his reign. 17)

(p. 121) āmalā an office-clerk; a government office. ̃তন্ত্র n. bureaucracy. ̃তান্ত্রিক a. bureaucratic.

(p. 126) ālāi-bālāi all sorts of misfortune or harm; evils. 51)

(p. 126) ālabōlā hubble-bubble with a long flexible smoking-tube. 42)

(p. 114) ānanda joy, delight; happiness; gladness, cheerfulness; pleasure; merriment. আনন্দ করা v. to rejoice; to make merry. ̃কর a. delightful; pleasant; gladdening. ̃কানন n. a delightful woodland or grove; a pleasure-grove. ̃জনক, ̃দায়ক a. causing joy; delightful; pleasant. ̃ন n. producing joy, delight etc. ̃বিহ্বল a. beside oneself with joy, overwhelmed with joy. ̃ময় a. full of joy, joyful; delightful; happy; cheerful; pleasant; merry. ̃ময়ী a. fem. of আনন্দময় । n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). ̃লহরী n. a wave of delight; a musical instrument with one string held in one hand and played with a plectrum by the other. 2)

(p. 107) ādhidaibika supernatural; fortuitous; pertaining to natural disasters such as flood, famine etc.; elemental. 99)

(p. 123) ārabdha that which has been undertaken or begun. আরব্ধ কার্য n. a task undertaken or commenced. 38)

(p. 99) ākṛti appearance; shape, form. ̃গত a. pertaining to appearance or shape or form; formal; outward. ̃প্রকৃতি n. appearance and nature; demeanour, bearing. ̃বিশিষ্ট a. having a definite or specific form or shape; shaped. 30)

(p. 118) ābālya from childhood or infancy; ever since one's childhood. 28)

(p. 133) āhlāda delight, gladness, joy, coddling; indulgence. আহ্লাদ করা v. to express delight; to rejoice; to coddle, to fondle. আহ্লাদ দেওয়া v. to give indulgence. আহ্লাদিত a. delight, gladdened. আহ্লাদি a. fem. one who is spoilt by coddling and over-indulgence; one who likes to be coddled and indulged and feigns innocence. n. such a girl or woman. masc. আহ্লাদে । আহ্লাদে আটখানা beside oneself with joy. আহ্লাদে মাথায় চড়া to become impudent as a result of over-indulgence.

(p. 126) āśaṅkanīẏa dreadful, frightening, alarming; suspicious; doubtful. 107)