(p. 133) āstina a sleeve. আস্তিন গোটানো v. to prepare oneself for a duel, to be ready for a fight; to throw down the gauntlet, to challenge. 22)

(p. 106) āḍ় a central market-place; a wholesale market; a storehouse, an entrepot; a fair. ̃ঘাটা n. a place on the river-bank for getting into or alighting from a boat. ̃ছাঁটা a. (of rice etc.) imperfectly husked. আড়ং ধোলাই n. thorough washing and bleaching of clothes; (coll.) beating someone black and blue. 14)

(p. 118) ābāda cultivation, tillage; cultivated land; land developed for agriculture; a human habitation; a settlement. আবাদি a. arable; fit for or developed for cultivation; cultivated. 23)

(p. 107) ādhikārika an officer (esp. a high-ranking officer). 97)

(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. 126) āsādana obtaining; attainment, acquirement; receipt; income; arrival; performance or execution (of a work).

(p. 115) āpakka imperfectly ripened, half-ripe; half-cooked, half-baked, half-roasted, half-boiled. 23)

(p. 99) ākhani stew, esp. of meat; a solution prepared by boiling water with spices for cooking some dishes. 46)

(p. 104) ājagubi incredible and impossible; queer; fantastic; cock-and-bull. 20)

(p. 95) āibaḍ়, āibuḍ়ō unmarried. আইবুড়োভাত n. the ceremony of taking the last meal by a Hindu bride or bridegroom on the night immediately preceding their wedding-day. আইবুড়ো মেয়ে a woman who remains single after the conventional age for marrying, a spinster. 8)

(p. 99) ākrama a forcible passage; inroad; prowess; invasion; defeat; rise, appearance. 34)

(p. 133) āhika a snake-charmer. 48)

(p. 115) āntarbidyālaẏa inter-school. 13)

(p. 107) ātmādarśa self-example. 31)

(p. 121) āma2 the common people. a. of or for the common people. ̃দরবার n. a place for public audience. ̃মোক্তার n. a legally appointed representative, an attorney. ̃মোক্তারনামা n. power-of-attorney. 4)