(p. 121) āma4 the mango. ̃আদা n. the mango ginger, a variety of ginger smelling like the mango. ̃চুর, ̃শি n. dried slices of green mango preserved in salt or in salt and mustard. মুখ শুকিয়ে আমশি হওয়া to look haggard, to have a shrivelled look, to have an emaciated and wizened face. ̃সত্ত্ব n. a thin cake made of the sweet juice of ripe mango by drying it in the sun (used as food), preserved essence of ripe mango. ̃হলুদ same as আম-আদা । বর্ণচোরা আম a variety of mango that looks green and should be sour but is actually ripe and sweet; (fig.) a person concealing his or her merits. 6)

(p. 126) āsaśēōḍ়ā a kind of wild herb, Glycomis pentaphylla. 151)

(p. 96) ān̐kābān̐kā zigzag, winding, meandering; tortuous. 23)

(p. 126) āśamāna the sky, the firmament; the heavens. ̃জমিন ফারাক n. great difference. a. pole apart; vastly different. আশমানি n. the sky colour. a. of the sky; of sky-blue colour, sky-blue; azure. 112)

(p. 99) ākṛṣṭa attracted; charmed, enticed; drawn, pulled; (rare) ploughed, tilled. 31)

(p. 118) ābāpanika reeler. 25)

(p. 133) āsphālita brandished; moved violently. 34)

(p. 114) ānamana2 unmindful, absentminded. 7)

(p. 126) ālēpa, ālēpana smearing or painting (with); any substance to smear with (such as ointment, grease oil etc.); a paint, a wash. 79)

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

(p. 114) ānamita bent down, inclined. 10)

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

(p. 115) āprāṇa as long as one lives, till death, to the last breath; even at the risk of one's life; to the extent of one's utmost power and abilities, tooth and nail. আপ্রাণ করা v. to do one's utmost. আপ্রাণ চেষ্টা utmost effort. 65)

(p. 98) ākarṇa (stretched or drawn) up to the ear. ̃পূরিত a. (of a string of a bow) drawn up to the ear of the shooter whilst taking aim. ̃বিস্তৃত a. (of one's eyes etc.) stretched up to the ears. 21)

(p. 115) āṇḍila very rich. n. a heap; a bundle. 6)