(p. 107) ānantarya immediacy; adjacency; proximity; contiguity. 123)

(p. 107) ādhāra1 container; a receptacle; a vessel, a case; a store; a haunt, a dwellingplace, a source; a cause. 94)

(p. 115) āṇḍila very rich. n. a heap; a bundle. 6)

(p. 98) ām̐stākuḍ়, āstākun̐ḍ় a place for depositing household and other rubbish, a dump, a dustbin. আঁস্তাকুড়ের পাতা বা পাত any large tree-leaf used for a dinnerplate and then thrown into the dustbin; (fig.) an ignoble or base person. আঁস্তাকুড়ের পাত কখনো স্বর্গে যায় না an ignoble person can never continue in a noble company. 8)

(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. 118) ābhijātya noble birth; aristocracy. 62)

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

(p. 123) āradāli an orderly; an office bearer. 36)

(p. 98) ām̐śālō fibrous. 6)

(p. 126) ālāpa conversation; talk, conference, discussion; greeting; acquaintance; (mus.) introductory singing or playing of a tune (esp. a conventional one in Indian classical music) in detail. আলাপ করা v. to converse; to talk, to confer, to discuss; to greet; to make one's acquaintance (with); to cultivate acquaintance (with); (mus.) to sing or play a tune in detail. ̃ন n. conversation, talk, conference. ̃নীয় a. conferrable, discussable. ̃পরিচয়, ̃সালাপ n. (coll.) acquaintance and speaking terms; familiarity, intimacy; discussion. 56)

(p. 126) āluthālu (of hair) unkempt, dishevelled, tousled; (of dress etc.) lacking in trimness, blowsy, disorderly. 72)

(p. 106) āḍ়2 a kind of salt-water fish. 10)

(p. 107) ādēśa an order, a command; a decree; an ordinance; an injunction; a directive; direction; permission; (gr.) substitution of a letter or word for another. আদেশ করা, আদেশ দেওয়া v. to order, to command; to decree; to enjoin; to direct; to permit. আদেশ হওয়া v. to be ordered or decreed or permitted; to be decreed by an oracle; (gr. of a letter or word) to be substituted for another letter or word. ̃ক a. & n. one who orders or commands or decrees or directs or permits. ˜ক্রমে adv. in obedience to or in accordance with an order or decree. ̃পত্র n. a writ of command or decree; a directive; a permit. ̃পালক a. & n. one who obeys or executes an order or decree. ˜পালন n. carrying out an order or decree. আদেশানুবর্তী a. obedient to an order, decree, injunction or direction. আদেশানুযায়ী same as আদেশক্রমে । 80)

(p. 118) ābarita (poet.) covered; screened; veiled. 7)

(p. 107) ādami a man; a person; husband. কালা আদমি (dero. or facet.) a dark-skinned man, a coloured man, a blackie. 54)