(p. 102) āguna fire. আগুন ধরা বা লাগা v. to take or catch fire. আগুন ধরানো বা লাগানো v. to set fire to. আগুন হওয়া v. to become inflamed; (fig.) to be heated or enraged. কপালে আগুন (fig.) extremely unfortunate, wretched; extremely scarce (মাছের কপালে আগুন). পেটে আগুন intolerable hunger. (তার) মুখে আগুন (in imprecation) may the Devil take (him). রেগে আগুন burning with rage, in a towering rage, furiously angry. 3)

(p. 126) āśbāsa heartening with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. ̃ন n. heartening with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. ̃বাণী n. words that hearten with hope or promise or assurance or consolation or confidence etc. 124)

(p. 97) ān̐daru-pēn̐daru (facet. & derog.) an Indian Christian ludicrously imitating the Europeans in his daily life. 24)

(p. 123) āẏā a nurse-maid or waiting-maid, an ayah. 13)

(p. 118) ābēṣṭaka surrounding, enclosing. n. a fence, a wall; that which encloses, an enclosure. 46)

(p. 118) ābali a row or line (বৃক্ষাবলি); a group or series (প্রশ্নাবলি, বংশাবলি); a collection (গ্রন্হাবলি). 13)

(p. 121) āmarśa, āmarśana touch, contact; counsel, advice, consultation; weighing something in the mind, deliberation. 21)

(p. 98) ākarṣaṇa attraction; pull; affection, love. আকর্ষণী a. attracting. 23)

(p. 133) āshāẏī the first line of a song or its music. 30)

(p. 133) āstē slowly; carefully; lightly, mildly, gently (আস্তে মারা); stepping lightly or noiselessly (আস্তে আসা); in an undertone (আস্তে কথা বলো); noiselessly. 24)

(p. 115) āplaba, āplāba, āplābana a flood; a deluge; inundation; bathing. আপ্লাবিত a. flooded; inundated; bathed; drenched. 66)

(p. 99) āgāpāchatalā, āgāpāsatalā, āgāpāstalā from head to foot, cap-a-pie. 77)

(p. 115) āntarbidyālaẏa inter-school. 13)

(p. 96) āōlāta, āōlāda fruit-trees and other immovable property; offspring, progeny. 8)

(p. 99) ākāla famine; scarcity; hard times. 15)