(p. 107) ādhalā half; halved. n. a half-piece; a half-piece of brick; brickbat. 92)

(p. 104) āchōlā unskinned; unscraped. 18)

(p. 99) āgali1 form of আগলা2 । 70)

(p. 96) āṃśika of a part or parts or a share or shares; partial; incomplete. ̃ভাবে adv. in part, partially. 14)

(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. 133) āstēbyastē in a great hurry; helterskelter; fussily (see also অস্তেব্যস্তে). 25)

(p. 107) ādhōẏā unwashed; unbleached. 112)

(p. 115) āpēkṣika comparative; (esp. in science) relative. ̃তা n. comparativeness; relativity. আপেক্ষিক আর্দ্রতা n. relative humidity. আপেক্ষিক গুরুত্ব n. specific gravity. আপেক্ষিক ঘনত্ব n. relative density. ̃তত্ত্ব n. the theory of relativity. আপেক্ষিক বেগ n. relative velocity. 58)

(p. 107) ādhyātmika originating in the soul; spiritual; theological; relating to God or the Supreme Being; psychic; metaphysical; intellectual, mental. ̃তা n. spiritualism. 113)

(p. 97) ān̐tipān̐ti at the head and at the foot of a bed; everywhere. 22)

(p. 118) ābēṣṭaka surrounding, enclosing. n. a fence, a wall; that which encloses, an enclosure. 46)

(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. 123) āẏēśa, āẏēsa ease; comfort; luxury. আয়েশ করা v. to take one's ease; to relax; to take rest. আয়েশি, আয়েসি a. easeloving; easy-going; brought up amidst ease and luxury; easy. 22)

(p. 95) āi mother; one's mother's mother or aunt. 5)

(p. 126) āryā2 a kind of metre used in Sanskrit verse; any of the rhymed arithmetical formulae. 16)