(p. 96) āōsata a large holding of land held in fee under a landowner, (cp.) a fief. 9)

(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. 115) āpīna an udder, a dug, a teat. 57)

(p. 95) āuṭa out; incorrigibly depraved or abandoned, gone to the dogs. 13)

(p. 126) āsanna imminent, approaching, impending, coming; proximate; last, final; (esp. in math.) approximate. আসন্ন কাল n. the time of death; the time of danger, critical time; the eleventh hour, the last moment. ̃প্রসবা a. fem. parturient; in an advanced stage of pregnancy, nearing delivery. আসন্ন বিপদ n. impending or imminent danger. আসন্ন মান n. approximate value or standard. ̃মৃত্যু a. about to die, dying. 145)

(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. 118) ābharaṇa anything worn for personal embellishment, an ornament. কলঙ্ক তার অঙ্গের আভরণ scandal she wears as a jewel on her person. 52)

(p. 118) ābhidhānika lexicographical. n. the compiler of a dictionary, a lexicographer. 63)

(p. 99) ākhyā an appellation, a name; a title, a designation; a denomination. ̃ত a. named, called; entitled, designated; denominated; spoken, mentioned, said; known, renowned, celebrated. ̃ন n. history; a legend; a tale (esp. historical or legendary); a narrative; a story; a fable; narration, naming; act of designating or denominating. ̃বস্তু n. a theme. ̃পত্র n. a title-page (of a book). ̃য়ক n. a narrator; a story-teller. ̃য়িকা n. a tale, a story, a narrative. 55)

(p. 115) āpatti objection; dissent; protest, expostulation, remonstrance. ̃কর, ̃জনক a. objectionable, open to exception. আপত্তি করা v. to object; to dissent; to protest, to expostulate, to remonstrate. আপত্তি তোলা v. to raise an objection. 33)

(p. 118) ābhīra a member of the cowherd class; a cowherd. fem. আভীরী । ̃পল্লি n. a locality or village where cowherds live. 65)

(p. 99) ākāramātrika (of musical notation) using the post-consonantal আ-কার as the measure in notation. 12)

(p. 118) ābali a row or line (বৃক্ষাবলি); a group or series (প্রশ্নাবলি, বংশাবলি); a collection (গ্রন্হাবলি). 13)

(p. 104) āṭakē, āṭakiẏā a fixed quantity of food offered daily to Lord Jagannath at Puri and then distributed amongst his votaries. আটকে বাঁধা v. to contribute such an amount of money to the temple of Jagannath at Puri as will be sufficient to provide food for one votary. 47)

(p. 104) ājhōḍ়ā not clipped or pared down, not sheared or pruned. 37)