আশা২ : (p. 126) āśā2 hope, expectation; assurance; confidence, reliance, trust (চাকরির উপর আশা, ছেলের উপর আশা); a part of the horizon (পূর্বাশা). আশা করা, আশা রাখা v. to hope, to expect; to place confidence (upon), to rely (upon), to trust. ̃তিরিক্ত, ̃তীত a. beyond expectation, unhopedfor; unexpected. ̃নুরূপ a. up to expectation. ̃ন্বিত a. hopeful, cherishing hope; expectant. ̃পথ চেয়ে থাকা to wait in expectation, to look forward to. আশা পোষণ করা v. to cherish hopes. ̃প্রদ a. that which excites or inspires hope, hopeful. ̃বাদ n. optimism. ̃বাদী a. optimistic. n. an optimist. ̃ভঙ্গ n. disappointment, frustration. ̃ভরসা n. hopes and confidence. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. hopeless; disappointed. ̃হত a. disappointed, frustrated. 115)

(p. 99) ākāra1 shape, form; figure; appearance. 7)

(p. 126) āsaka (obs.) love, attachment, devotion (পিরীতি আসকে). 136)

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

(p. 122) āmānna uncooked rice. 10)

(p. 115) ānbaẏika relating to concord or syntax, relating to agreement. 18)

(p. 106) āḍ়ṣṭa benumbed; inert; hesitant. ̃তা n. inertness, sluggishness; hesitation due to shyness. 18)

(p. 115) āndāja guess, conjecture. a. approximate or conjectural. adv. more or less, approximately (আন্দাজ একশো গ্রাম). আন্দাজি a. depending on or deduced by guessing; uncertain. আন্দাজে adv. by guess, by surmise or conjecture. 15)

(p. 104) āja today; at present, now. n. today; this day; the present time. ̃কার, (coll.) ̃কের a. of today, today's; of the present time. ̃কাল adv. at present, nowadays. আজ-কাল করা v. to procrastinate, to temporize. ̃কে adv. today. আজকের দিন today; nowadays. আজ নয় কাল procrastination. আজ পর্যন্ত adv. till today, to this day. আজ বাদে কাল shortly in future. 19)

(p. 126) āśbasta assured; heartened with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. আশ্বস্ত করা v. to assure; to hearten with hope or assurance. 123)

(p. 98) ākalapatra a letter of credit. 25)

(p. 99) āgamana coming; arrival. আগমনী n. any of the songs about the coming of Uma (উমা), Shiva's (শিব) wife, to her father's house as told in the Hindu legend. a. relating to coming or arrival. 63)

(p. 118) ābhāṅā not broken, unbroken (আভাঙা ডাল); not ground, unground (আভাঙা গম). 55)

(p. 126) ālagōcha detached, not touching. আলগোছে adv. (of hands, eating and drinking vessels etc.) not bringing into contact with the mouth (whilst eating or drinking); not touching, avoiding contact (আলগোছে ডিঙানো); aloof (আলগোছে থাকা); carefully and softly (আলগোছে যাওয়া); lightly (আলগোছে মারা). 29)

(p. 118) ābōlatābōla incoherent talk; nonsense; delirium; nonsense rhymes. a. incoherent and nonsensical. 49)

(p. 125) ārka solar. ̃ফলা n. this sign over Bengali consonant letters to indicate a preceding '-r' sound; sun-ray; (facet.) a tuft of long hair maintained by a conservative Brahman on his crown. 17)