(p. 97) ān̐ṭa tightness, tension; compactness (কথার আঁট), restraint, reserve (মুখের আঁট). a. tight; close-fitting; tense. আঁট করা v. to make tight, to tighten. 9)

(p. 107) ātmānusandhāna, ātmānbēṣaṇa an endeavour to acquire theological or spiritual knowledge; self-examination. আত্মানুসন্ধায়ী, আত্মান্বেষী a. endeavouring to acquire theological or spiritual knowledge; self-criticizing. 33)

(p. 96) ān̐kaḍ়i any hook-shaped object or sign; any of such signs affixed to alphabetical letters. 18)

(p. 125) ārāma2 ease, comfort; pleasure; happiness; relaxation; rest; a garden (সংঘারাম.). ̃কেদারা n. an easy-chair. আরাম করা v. to take rest; to lie down; to recline; to relax; to enjoy ease and comfort; to enjoy pleasures. আরাম দেওয়া v. to give ease and comfort; to give relief. আরাম পাওয়া v. to enjoy ease and comfort; to get relief. ̃প্রিয়, আরামি a. ease-loving, fond of ease. 10)

(p. 107) ādarśa a pattern of excellence, a person or thing to be copied, an ideal; an imitation of something usu. on a smaller scale, a model, a role model, a specimen; a prototype. a. ideal. ̃চরিত্র a. having an exemplary character. আদর্শ পুরুষ an ideal man. আদর্শ পুস্তক a model book. আদর্শ বিদ্যালয় a model school. ̃লিপি n. a copy-book. ̃স্হানীয় exemplary, ideal. ̃স্বভাব a. of an ideal character. ̃স্বরূপ a. of the nature of a model, model; ideal, exemplary. 58)

(p. 133) āstara2, āstaraṇa bed; a bedcover, a coverlet; a bedsheet; a carpet or any similar article (esp. to sit upon); an ornamental cloth placed on the back of an elephant for the rider to sit upon. আস্তর মেঘ stratus. 18)

(p. 104) āṭa eight. আটই, আটুই n. the eighth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighth. ̃কড়াই, ̃কৌড়ে n. the Hindu ceremony of distributing eight kinds of fried snacks on the eighth day of a child's birth. ̃খানা করা v. to break or tear into pieces. ̃খানা হওয়া v. to be beside oneself (with joy). ̃চল্লিশ a. & n. forty-eight. ˜চালা n. a thatched room with eight roofs and no wall. ̃ত্রিশ a. & n. thirty-eight. ˜পহর, (dial.) ̃পর n. & adv. whole day and night. ˜পৌরে a. worn or used all day round or ordinarily; (fig.) commonplace, hackneyed. ̃ষট্টি a. & n. sixty-eight. 43)

(p. 114) ānupātika proportional. 31)

(p. 96) ān̐khara a letter of the alphabet. 25)

(p. 98) ākaja, ākhaja grudge, malice, animosity, spite. 12)

(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. 107) āduḍ় uncovered bare; naked, unclothed; undressed; untied. ̃-গা n. bare body. ̃চুলি a. fem. one whose hair is undressed or untied or dishevelled; a woman having no veil over her head. 74)

(p. 99) āgara carpenter's boring or drilling tool, auger, perforator, borer. 66)

(p. 98) ākapila, ākapiśa greyish, of light ash colour. 16)

(p. 115) āpyāẏana hospitable reception and treatment, entertainment; act of felicitating; entertaining with amusements. আপ্যায়ন করা v. to receive and treat hospitably, to entertain, to felicitate. 63)