(p. 106) āḍ়āi two and a half times. 23)

(p. 115) āpakka imperfectly ripened, half-ripe; half-cooked, half-baked, half-roasted, half-boiled. 23)

(p. 126) āluni (of cooked food) deficient in salt; salt-free; (fig.) insipid, tasteless. 73)

(p. 118) ābāra again, once more; moreover, and also (গরিব আবার বদখেয়ালি). int. expressing uncertainty or distrust or negation (কালো মেয়ের আবার বিয়ে, গরীবের আবার সুখ, নিত্য-ভিখারিকে কী আবার দেবে). 26)

(p. 99) āgāmika incoming. 79)

(p. 123) āẏama2 season; suitable time; right time. 15)

(p. 104) ācchādana covering or roofing or clothing or concealing; a covering or roofing, a cover, a lid; clothing, garment, clothes. আচ্ছাদনীয়, আচ্ছাদ্য a. that which is to be covered or roofed or clothed or concealed. আচ্ছাদিত a. covered; roofed; clothed; concealed. 3)

(p. 96) ān̐ka a mark or line; (arith. & alg.) a problem, a sum. আঁক কষা v. to do a sum. আঁক কাটা v. to draw a line; to scratch. 16)

(p. 99) āgaḍ় an unfixed door usually made of straw, bamboo, wattles etc.; a hurdle. 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. 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. 122) āmrāta, āmrātaka the hog plum. 27)

(p. 133) āstēsushē leisurely; with no haste or flutter. 26)

(p. 126) āsana anything used for or intended for sitting upon, a seat; an office or post (সদস্যদের আসন); a place for sitting or placing (দেবীর আসন); a posture of sitting বীরাসন; reception with honour (বিদ্বানের আসন সর্বত্র). ̃গ্রহণ n. sitting. আসন গ্রহণ করা v. to take one's seat. ̃পিঁড়ি n. the posture of squatting. আসনপিঁড়ি হয়ে বসা v. to squat. 144)

(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)