আট : (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. 118) ābhāsā (poet.) to blaze up, to glow; (poet.) to be revealed. 58)

(p. 126) ālōla slightly excited or agitated; moving or rolling or lolling with greed (আলোলরসনা). 100)

(p. 99) ākuñcana slight contraction or shrivelling or wrinkle or curl or contortion. 20)

(p. 107) ānana face; (loos.) mouth. 122)

(p. 107) ādala similarity (esp. of appearance); a faint appearance or shadow. 59)

(p. 126) ālā ntālā (coll.) (of talks) meaningless; high-sounding; pompous but without basis. 52)

(p. 107) ādhunika of present times, modern, current; new. fem. আধুনিকী । (inc. but current) আধুনিকা । ̃তা n. modernism, modernity. 105)

(p. 107) ātmārāma the soul; life; the mind; life as imagined as a bird enclosed by the prison of a body; a term of endearment with which a pet parrot, or parakeet, or magpie is addressed (বলো বাবা আত্মারাম). আত্মারাম খাঁচাছাড়া হওয়া v. to die. আত্মারাম শুকিয়ে যাওয়া v. to cower. 37)

(p. 126) āśaiśaba since infancy or childhood or boyhood. 121)

(p. 126) āla2 a ridge of earth set up around a piece of agricultural land; a dyke; a dam. আল বাঁধা v. to set up a ridge of earth around a piece of agricultural land; to build a dyke, to dam. 21)

(p. 123) ārati1 end; subjugation; deep attachment. 34)

(p. 104) ājā the father of one's mother, maternal grandfather. 25)

(p. 99) āgāmika incoming. 79)

(p. 115) āphi opium. ̃খোর, আফিমখোর n. an opiumeater. 71)

(p. 122) āmāni the water in which cooked rice has been soaked overnight. 9)