(p. 126) ālāla a wealthy man. fem. আলালী । আলালের ঘরের দুলাল a pampered boy or young man of a rich family spoilt by over-indulgence. 61)

(p. 126) āsala genuine; pure; authentic; unadulterated; true, real; actual; original (আসল দলিল); nett (আসল লাভ); principal or capital (আসল দেনা); primary (আসল উদ্দেশ্য). n. principal or capital money or amount. আসলি a. genuine, pure, unadulterated (আসলি চিজ). আসলে adv. in actuality, in truth; in fact. 150)

(p. 97) ān̐ta intestines, entrails; catgut; vital or inmost part (আঁতে ঘা লাগা); one's secret intention or design or mental disposition (আঁত বোঝা). আঁতে ঘা দেওয়া to grieve or hurt a person by pricking his or her weak point, to cut to the quick. 18)

(p. 133) āhuta invited; called; asked to come; summoned; invoked. আহুতি n. invitation; a call; a summons; invocation. 53)

(p. 99) ākṣēpa convulsion (esp. muscular); fits; grief; sorrow; lamentation. 43)

(p. 126) ālakuśi cowhage, cowage, cowitch. 25)

(p. 115) āpta1 obtained, attained, realized, gratified (আপ্তকাম); free from errors; authoritative (আপ্তবাক্য); closely related as friends and relatives (আপ্তজন). ̃করণিক n. confidential clerk. ̃কাম a. one whose desires have been gratified. ̃কারী a. reliable; trustworthy. ̃জন n. one's own relative or friend. ̃বচন same as আপ্তবাক্য । ̃বন্ধু same as আপ্তজন । ̃বাক্য n. a revealed truth, revelation; (phil.) a source of knowledge; advice of one's own friends and relatives; a presumptive truth, an a priori truth. 61)

(p. 102) āgrāsana aggresssion, aggressive or imperialistic policy; aggrandizement; invasion. আগ্রাসী a. aggressive; aggrandizing. 11)

(p. 107) ādhōẏā unwashed; unbleached. 112)

(p. 126) āla2 a ridge of earth set up around a piece of agricultural land; a dyke; a dam. আল বাঁধা v. to set up a ridge of earth around a piece of agricultural land; to build a dyke, to dam. 21)

(p. 123) āraśi a mirror, a looking glass; a speculum.

(p. 104) āñjumāna, āñjumana an association, a society, a club; a meeting. 42)

(p. 104) ājya ghee as offered in religious sacrifice. 35)

(p. 107) āditya the name of the sungod (cp. Apollo, Sol); the sun. 70)

(p. 123) āẏōjana preparation; collection of things necessary to serve a purpose; things so collected; making or becoming ready. আয়োজন করা v. to make preparations (for). 25)