আশ্রম : (p. 126) āśrama a hermitage; a residence (usu. a small one), a cottage (পুণ্যাশ্রম); an asylum or refuge (আতুরাশ্রম, অনাথাশ্রম); a residential institution (esp. an educational or religious one) (বিদ্যাশ্রম); a stage of life (গার্হস্হ্যাশ্রম). ̃ধর্ম n. duties or rites to be performed by inmates of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; duties to be performed in each of the stages of life. ̃বাসী a. & n. one who lives in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution. fem. ˜বাসিনী । ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. fallen from one's religious order. আশ্রমিক, আশ্রমী a. of or living in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution, or pertaining to the life in it; adopting any of the stages of life. n. an inmate of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; one in any of the stages of life. 126)

(p. 126) ālāpacāri conversation, talk, discussion; a friendly chat. 57)

(p. 126) āsatti union, amalgamation; proximity, adjacency, acquisition, acquirement; profit; (gr.) proximity of related words within a sentence (cp. collocation). 143)

(p. 102) āgrāsana aggresssion, aggressive or imperialistic policy; aggrandizement; invasion. আগ্রাসী a. aggressive; aggrandizing. 11)

(p. 98) ākara a mine, a quarry; a source or origin; a store or repertory. আকরিক a. of mines, mineral. n. a mineral ore. আকরীয় a. of mines, mineral. 20)

(p. 107) ātikta slightly bitter. 21)

(p. 104) āchāḍ়i-pichāḍ়i writhing or wriggling violently (in pain or grief); flouncing. 12)

(p. 126) āsana anything used for or intended for sitting upon, a seat; an office or post (সদস্যদের আসন); a place for sitting or placing (দেবীর আসন); a posture of sitting বীরাসন; reception with honour (বিদ্বানের আসন সর্বত্র). ̃গ্রহণ n. sitting. আসন গ্রহণ করা v. to take one's seat. ̃পিঁড়ি n. the posture of squatting. আসনপিঁড়ি হয়ে বসা v. to squat. 144)

(p. 126) ālaṭākarā the uvula, the epiglottis. 32)

(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. 96) āṃśika of a part or parts or a share or shares; partial; incomplete. ̃ভাবে adv. in part, partially. 14)

(p. 107) ādēẏaka a bill. 79)

(p. 106) āṭāśa, āṭhāśa twenty-eight. আটাশে v. the twenty-eighth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) twenty-eighth; (of a child) born in the eighth month of conception; very weak, rickety. 5)

(p. 121) āmantraṇa invitation; a call to come; a greeting. আমন্ত্রণ করা v. to invite; to call; to greet. 11)

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

(p. 126) āliñjara an earthen jar for water. 65)