(p. 126) āsara a gathering, a meeting, a sitting; a party (চায়ের আসর); a function (গানের আসর); a match, a tournament, a competition (খেলার আসর); a field; a society, a club. আসর গরম করা, আসর সরগরম করা v. to brighten up a party. আসর জমেছে v. the party warms up or becomes interesting; the party becomes crowded. আসর জমানো, আসর জাঁকানো same as আসর গরম করা । আসর মাতানো v. to brighten up a party; to make a party ripple with interest. আসরে অবতীর্ণ হওয়া, আসরে নামা v. to make one's appearance before the public or in society; to take the field; to make one's debut. 149)

(p. 122) āmalānō to become painful gradually. 2)

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

(p. 102) āghāta a blow, a stroke, a hit; a shock; a wound, an injury; act of beating. ̃ক a. & n. one who or that which deals a blow or strikes or hits or gives a shock or wounds or injures or beats. ˜ন n. act of dealing a blow or striking or hitting or giving a shock or wounding or injuring or beating. ̃সহ a. capable of withstanding or resisting. আঘাত করা v. to deal a blow, to strike, to hit; to give a shock, to shock; to wound, to injure; to beat. আঘাত পাওয়া v. to receive or sustain a blow, to be struck or hit; to receive or sustain a shock, to be shocked; to be wounded or injured; to be beaten. 13)

(p. 107) ātmīẏa one's own; related by blood; belonging to one's own family or clan. n. a blood-relation, a relative, a kinsman; a friend; a supporter, one's own man. ̃তা n. kinship; blood relationship; relationship; friendship. sharing common characteristics. fem. আত্মীয়া । ̃বন্ধু, ̃স্বজন n. friends and relations; one's own people, kith and kin. 41)

(p. 104) āchān̐kā unstrained, unfiltrated. 9)

(p. 133) āharita but pop. form of আহৃত । 44)

(p. 133) āhēriẏā, āhēḍ়iẏā (amongst the Rajputs) the ceremony of hunting in the forest on the first day of spring; a hunting clan. 55)

(p. 123) āẏatana area or its measure; volume or its measure; extension; breadth; width; a house, an abode; an institution (অচলায়তন); an altar. ̃স্হাপকতা n. bulkelasticity. আয়তনাঙ্ক n. bulk-modulus. 4)

(p. 121) āma2 the common people. a. of or for the common people. ̃দরবার n. a place for public audience. ̃মোক্তার n. a legally appointed representative, an attorney. ̃মোক্তারনামা n. power-of-attorney. 4)

(p. 114) ānāgōnā coming and going (esp. frequently); frequenting; come-and-go; prying. আনাগোনা করা v. to come and go (esp. frequently). to frequent; to pry. 17)

(p. 115) āphuṭanta, āphōṭā not yet bloomed, unblown; not clearly visible; indistinct; (in the process of being boiled but) not yet boiling; parboiled. 72)

(p. 126) āllāh, āllā (Mus.) God. Allah. 102)

(p. 126) ālāna a pillar or post to which an elephant is tethered; a peg or stake to which domestic animals are tethered. 54)

(p. 104) āñjumāna, āñjumana an association, a society, a club; a meeting. 42)