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

(p. 126) ālāla a wealthy man. fem. আলালী । আলালের ঘরের দুলাল a pampered boy or young man of a rich family spoilt by over-indulgence. 61)

(p. 133) āharit slightly green, greenish. 43)

(p. 104) ājāda free, independent. আজাদ হিন্দ Free India. আজাদ হিন্দ ফৌজ Indian National Army. আজাদি n. freedom, independence. 26)

(p. 126) āsatti union, amalgamation; proximity, adjacency, acquisition, acquirement; profit; (gr.) proximity of related words within a sentence (cp. collocation). 143)

(p. 133) āhbāẏaka one who invites or calls or summons or addresses or invokes. n. an inviter; a caller; a summoner; an addresser; convener; an invocator. fem. আহ্বায়িকা । 59)

(p. 107) ādha, ādhā & a. half. আধকপালি, আধকপালে n. hemicrania, migraine, megrim. আধখেঁচড়া a. half-done; done perfunctorily; disordered; bungled. আধথালা a. half-plate. আধপাকা a. halfripe; partly ripe. আধপাগলা a. crack-brained, cranky, having a screw loose, mentally defective, crazy. n. one with a screw loose, a crack-brain, a crank. আধপেটা a. sufficient to satisfy only half the hunger; half-fed. adv. to the extent of being half-fed. আধপোড়া a. half-burned; half-roasted; halfbaked. আধবয়সী, আধবুড়ো a. middleaged. fem. আধবুড়ি । আধমনি a. containing half a maund (of things). আধমনি কৈলাস a gluttonous person, one who eats too much; one who is capable of eating too much. আধমরা a. half-dead; almost dead, more dead than alive. আধসিদ্ধ a. parboiled. আধসের n. (now obs.) half a seer. আধহাতি a. half a cubit long. 90)

(p. 115) āpādamastaka from head to foot, cap-apie; from top to bottom. 48)

(p. 126) ārta sick; distressed, stricken with grief or sorrow; aggrieved; afflicted; oppressed; involved in danger. ̃ত্রাণ n. relief of the distressed or afflicted or oppressed or endangered persons. ̃সেবা n. helping the distressed or afflicted, relief work. ̃স্বর n. a piteous cry or wailing, an outcry of grief or pain or affliction. ̃স্বরে adv. in a piteous tone or voice, piteously. 4)

(p. 107) ātāntara distress, misery; danger. আতান্তরে পড়া v. to get into or to be in distress. 18)

(p. 126) āsañjita adhered or adhering to. 142)

(p. 126) ālāpita talked or spoken to; greeted; acquainted. fem. আলাপিতা । 58)

(p. 95) āimā one's mother's mother or aunt. 9)

(p. 102) āghāṭa, āghāṭā an unused or improper place (usu. on a river-bank) for landing, mooring, bathing etc. 12)

(p. 133) āsāmi a defendant in a criminal case, an accused. 6)