(p. 123) āẏudhaśālā armoury, arsenal. 19)

(p. 115) āpīna an udder, a dug, a teat. 57)

(p. 99) ākṣarika relating to a letter or letters of the alphabet; literal (আক্ষরিক অর্থ); accurately faithful; to the letter or literal (আক্ষরিক অনুবাদ). 41)

(p. 106) āḍ়3 other, opposite (আড়পার). 11)

(p. 118) ābēśyatā (phy.) inductive capacity. 45)

(p. 126) āsamudra & adv. extending up to the ocean. ˜হিমাচল a. & adv. extending from the ocean to the Himalayas. 148)

(p. 126) āślēṣa an embrace; pervasion, diffusion; attachment; amalgamation; union; a sarcasm, a pun. 133)

(p. 115) ābōẏāba any of the conventional and usually illegal payments exacted by landowners from tenants. 75)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭi1 a bundle. বোঝার উপর শাকের আঁটি the last straw that breaks the camel's back. 13)

(p. 99) ākhēra consequence; the future; the end, termination. আখেরি a. last; terminal; concluding. আখেরে ভালো হওয়া to be paying or profitable in the long run. 53)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭā to fasten tightly, to tighten; to wear, to put on (পাগড়ি আঁটা); to bolt (দরজায় খিল আঁটা); to fix (স্ক্রু আঁটা); to affix (খামে টিকিট আঁটা); to shut, to close (দরজা আঁটা, লেফাফা আঁটা); to (be able to) contain or hold, to have capacity or room for (বালতিতে দুধ আঁটা), to contend with (usu. equally); to be equal to; to contrive (ফন্দি আঁটা); to be equal to, to cope with (বুদ্ধিতে আঁটা). a. closed, shut. আঁটাআঁটি, আঁটিসাঁটি n. excessive tightness; excessive strictness or rigour; firmness; higgling; excessive attention to (usu. one's own) interests (নিজের বেলা আঁটিসাঁটি). ̃নো v. to cause or force to contain or hold. 12)

(p. 126) ālapākā the alpaca; cloth made of its wool. 38)

(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) ādhyāna recollection; meditation; anxiety. 114)

(p. 107) āḍ়i2 a hiding; concealment; termination of friendship; quarrel; envy, malice, grudge; rivalry; obstinacy. আড়ি করা v. to terminate friendship with; to be obstinate in one's resolution. আড়ি পাতা, আড়ি মারা v. to go in hiding for overhearing, to eavesdrop. 2)