(p. 107) ādāba (Muslim) greeting with gesture, obeisance. 63)

(p. 102) ācārya one who teaches the Vedas; a scriptural teachers; a teacher; a tutor. fem. আচার্যা a woman teacher of the Vedas or scriptures; a woman teacher, a tutoress. fem. আচার্যানী the wife of an acharya (আচার্য) 36)

(p. 99) ākuli form of আকুলা । 26)

(p. 95) āiḍhāi feeling extreme uneasiness (owing to excess of anything). a. extremely uneasy. আইঢাই করা v. to feel or become extremely uneasy. 6)

(p. 99) ākuti, ākūti ardour; fervidity; a fervent prayer, eager solicitation; entreaty. 22)

(p. 99) āgilā (obs. & poet.) situated in the front.

(p. 115) āṇḍā an egg. আণ্ডাবাচ্চা n. (facet. or dero.) one's all children, kiddies. 5)

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

(p. 107) āḍḍā a dwelling-place, a habitat; a haunt; a (fixed or permanent) meetingplace, a rendezvous; a place or institution for practising anything (গানের আ়ড্ডা); a club; a company of informal and friendly talkers, their meetingplace or talk; a place for assemblage, a station or stand (গাড়ির আ়ড্ডা). আড্ডা গাড়া v. to take up abode (usu. permanently) to settle. আড্ডা দেওয়া, আড্ডা মারা v. to join in an assembly of idle talkers; to indulge in informal and friendly talk with others. ̃ধারী n. the keeper or the chief person of a club; a regular clubgoer. ̃বাজ a. fond of indulging in idle talk with others or of haunting clubs where such talk is indulged in. 3)

(p. 97) ān̐janāi a sty, a stye; a very small kind of lizard akin to the iguana. 7)

(p. 126) āsakē variety of pancake made of a thin paste of liquefied rice-powder. 137)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭa tightness, tension; compactness (কথার আঁট), restraint, reserve (মুখের আঁট). a. tight; close-fitting; tense. আঁট করা v. to make tight, to tighten. 9)

(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. 118) ābhōga a kind of concluding note in the Indian musical modes; act of enjoying; completeness, fullness; expansion; expanse.

(p. 107) ānakōrā quite new, brand-new; fresh; untarnished; unsoiled; not yet used, untried. 118)