(p. 126) āśaṅkita feared, dreaded; apprehended; suspected; doubted. 109)

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

(p. 115) āpyāẏana hospitable reception and treatment, entertainment; act of felicitating; entertaining with amusements. আপ্যায়ন করা v. to receive and treat hospitably, to entertain, to felicitate. 63)

(p. 104) āchān̐ṭā unhusked (আছাঁটা চাল); uncut (আছাঁটা চুল বা লোম). 10)

(p. 107) āḍhākā not covered, uncovered; exposed, open. 4)

(p. 107) ātmīẏa one's own; related by blood; belonging to one's own family or clan. n. a blood-relation, a relative, a kinsman; a friend; a supporter, one's own man. ̃তা n. kinship; blood relationship; relationship; friendship. sharing common characteristics. fem. আত্মীয়া । ̃বন্ধু, ̃স্বজন n. friends and relations; one's own people, kith and kin. 41)

(p. 98) ākaḍ়iẏā penniless, very poor; worthless. n. a penniless person, a pauper. আকড়ে coll. var. of আক়ড়িয়া । 13)

(p. 115) āpasē2, āpsē of one's own, spontaneously. 43)

(p. 123) āraṇi whirlpool; eddy. 32)

(p. 99) āgāma advance. adv. in advance. 78)

(p. 126) ālōḍ়ka one who or that which stirs or churns; an exciter; an agitator; one who recollects; a deliberator; a pestle for churning with. 94)

(p. 126) āśanāi illicit love, an affair, an affaire de coer; a love-affair; love. 110)

(p. 123) ārambha commencement, inception, beginning, start; origin, birth; introduction; a prologue. আরম্ভ করা v. to commence, to begin, to start; to introduce. আরম্ভ হওয়া v. to commence; to begin, to start; to originate; to take birth; to be introduced. ̃ক a. & n. one who commences or introduces. আরম্ভিক a. relating to inception or beginning; starting; introductory. 41)

(p. 118) ābhāsa faint or indistinct presence ('আভাসে দাও দেখা'); a shadow; a hint (আভাসে জানানো); glow. আভাস দেওয়া v. to appear faintly or indistinctly; to give a hint, to hint. ̃ইঙ্গিত n. hints; slight or indirect suggestion. আভাসে ইঙ্গিতে adv. by indirect suggestion, by hints. 57)

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