(p. 126) āliṅgita embraced; hugged. 64)

(p. 95) āuśa, āusa (chiefly of paddy) ripening in the rainy season or in autumn; (loos.) ripening or growing early. 15)

(p. 126) āṣṭēpṛṣṭhē all over the body; all over; thoroughly. 135)

(p. 123) āra and, and also (রাম আর শ্যাম); or (বাঁচা আর মরা), or not. adv. else, more (আর কী বলব); enough (আর কেন); no more (আর কান্না নয়); at the same time, simultaneously, but (শক্তের ভক্ত আর নরমের যম); on the other hand, yet in return (সে তোমার উপকার করে আর তুমি তার নিন্দা কর); in future, again (আর যেন এমন না হয়); still now, still then (আর কেন আশা কর); at present, now (আর সেদিন নেই); moreover, besides, in addition to that (আর দেখ); ever (বিড়ালে কি আর মাছ খাওয়া ছাড়ে); ever before or after (এমন আর দেখিনি বা দেখব না); since then (সেই গেল আর ফিরল না); of course, certainly (তুমি তো আর বোকা নও). a. other, another, different (আর লোকেরা, আর কেউ); past, last (আর বছর সে এসেছিল); coming, next. (আর সপ্তাহে যাব). pro. another person or thing, the other person or thing, a different person or thing (আরটি কোথায়, আরে কি বলে). আর আর all other. আরও a. more. adv. still more; further, moreover. আর বার on the other occasion; another time; once again, once more. আর সব and others. 27)

(p. 118) ābāda cultivation, tillage; cultivated land; land developed for agriculture; a human habitation; a settlement. আবাদি a. arable; fit for or developed for cultivation; cultivated. 23)

(p. 126) āśa2 food (প্রাতরাশ). 103)

(p. 107) ādaba etiquette, courtesy. ̃কায়দা n. forms of ceremony or decorum, etiquette; conventional laws of courtesy; good manners. ̃কায়দাদোরস্ত, ̃কায়দাদুরন্ত a. conversant with or observant of forms of ceremony or decorum; courteous; smart; fashionable; correct in demeanour. 51)

(p. 121) āmantraẏitā an inviter; a host; one who gives a call to come; one who greets. 12)

(p. 107) ādapē in reality, really; in truth; in fact, as a matter of fact; at all, in the least. 50)

(p. 115) āpana one's own, own. ̃জন n. one's own man, a friend or relative. ̃পর a. one's near and far ones. n. friend and foe. ̃ভোলা a. careless about one's own interests; absent-minded, absorbed. 35)

(p. 104) āṭakānō to confine; to obstruct, to impede; to restrain, to check; to prevent; to detain; to imprison; to fix (দেওয়ালে পেরেক আটকানো). a. confined; obstructed; impeded; restrained, checked; prevented; detained; affixed. 46)

(p. 126) āśapāśa surroundings; environs; outskirts; neighbourhood. আশেপাশে, আশেপাশে adv. hither and thither; around; on all sides; in the outskirts; in the neighbourhood. 111)

(p. 107) ādha, ādhā & a. half. আধকপালি, আধকপালে n. hemicrania, migraine, megrim. আধখেঁচড়া a. half-done; done perfunctorily; disordered; bungled. আধথালা a. half-plate. আধপাকা a. halfripe; partly ripe. আধপাগলা a. crack-brained, cranky, having a screw loose, mentally defective, crazy. n. one with a screw loose, a crack-brain, a crank. আধপেটা a. sufficient to satisfy only half the hunger; half-fed. adv. to the extent of being half-fed. আধপোড়া a. half-burned; half-roasted; halfbaked. আধবয়সী, আধবুড়ো a. middleaged. fem. আধবুড়ি । আধমনি a. containing half a maund (of things). আধমনি কৈলাস a gluttonous person, one who eats too much; one who is capable of eating too much. আধমরা a. half-dead; almost dead, more dead than alive. আধসিদ্ধ a. parboiled. আধসের n. (now obs.) half a seer. আধহাতি a. half a cubit long. 90)

(p. 107) ādama (according to the Bible and the Quran) the name of the first man, Adam. 52)

(p. 122) āmṛtyu till death; till the end of one's life. 21)