(p. 102) ācārya one who teaches the Vedas; a scriptural teachers; a teacher; a tutor. fem. আচার্যা a woman teacher of the Vedas or scriptures; a woman teacher, a tutoress. fem. আচার্যানী the wife of an acharya (আচার্য) 36)

(p. 96) āōtā (rare) shade, sunshade; care; guardianship, custody; control; reach; jurisdiction; purview. (কারও) আওতায় under one's power or tutelage or guardianship. 3)

(p. 118) ābahamāna existing or continuing since the beginning; traditional and ever-existent. ̃কাল adv. continuing or existing from time immemorial; ever since the beginning. 19)

(p. 107) āditēẏa a son of Aditi (অদিতি) the mother of gods, a god. 69)

(p. 118) ābalusa ebony, ebon. আবলুস-কালো a. ebon-coloured, black as ebony. 14)

(p. 107) ādāḍ় a place for depositing household and other rubbish; a dump; a dustbin. আদাড়ে a. extremely dirty, filthy. 61)

(p. 126) ālajihbā, ālajibha, ālajiba the uvula, the epiglottis. 30)

(p. 99) ākālika grown or ripened out of season, untimely; short-lived, transient. 16)

(p. 126) āṣāḍh় the third month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of June to the middle of July); (poet. & fig.) the monsoon. আষাঢ়ে a. of or in or during the month or Ashara (আষাঢ়); produced or growing or occurring in Ashara (আষাঢ়); false, fantastic. আষাঢ়ে গল্প a queer or fantastic tale, a cockand-bull story. 134)

(p. 98) ākanṭha (filling) up to one's throat; (fig.) almost completely submerged or sunk (আকন্ঠ নিমজ্জিত). ঋণে আকন্ঠ নিমজ্জিত হওয়া to be over head and ears in debt. আকন্ঠ ভোজন করা v. to eat and drink to excess, to overfeed, to surfeit. 14)

(p. 115) āpākā unripe, raw; not thoroughly ripened. 45)

(p. 99) āgāchā weed. 75)

(p. 104) ājjānō to sow, to plant. a. sown, planted. 32)

(p. 133) āharita but pop. form of আহৃত । 44)

(p. 102) āṅgāra cinder, charcoal; coal (esp. burnt); burnt wood. 21)