আঁচল [ ān̐cala ] n an expanse of a part or an end of a loin-cloth (esp. one worn by women). ̃-ধরা a. (said of a man) very obedient to women or to one's wife; henpecked; (of a boy) very much de pendent on his mother.

আঁচলা [ ān̐calā ] n an ornamented border of a woman's loin-cloth.

আঁচা [ ān̐cā ] v to surmise, to sense, to guess, to conjecture; to anticipate.

আঁচানো [ ān̐cānō ] v to wash one's mouth, esp. by rinsing after a meal. না আঁচালে বিশ্বাস নেই there's many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip.

আঁচিল [ ān̐cila ] n a wart, a mole, a blotch.

আঁজনাই [ ān̐janāi ] n a sty, a stye; a very small kind of lizard akin to the iguana.

আঁজলা, আঁজল [ ān̐jalā, ān̐jala ] n palms of one's hands cupped together; the amount that a cup thus contains, a handful.

আঁট [ ān̐ṭa ] n tightness, tension; compactness (কথার আঁট), restraint, reserve (মুখের আঁট). ☐ a. tight; close-fitting; tense. আঁট করা v. to make tight, to tighten.

আঁটকুড়, আঁটকুড়া, আঁটকুড়িয়া, আঁটকুড়ে [ ān̐ṭakuḍ়, ān̐ṭakuḍ়ā, ān̐ṭakuḍ়iẏā, ān̐ṭakuḍ়ē ] a childess. fem. আঁটকুড়ি । আঁটকুড়ের বেটা a barren woman's son, a monstrosity (a term of abuse). fem. আঁটকুড়ের বেটি ।

আঁটসাঁট [ ān̐ṭasān̐ṭa ] a tight, not loose. আঁটসাঁট পোশাক tight-fitting clothes, close-fitting gar ment. আঁটসাঁট বেঁধে কাজ করা to start (work etc.) with due preparation and precaution and by providing against probable contingency.

আঁটা [ ān̐ṭā ] v 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 capac ity 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. ex cessive 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.

আঁটি¹ [ ān̐ṭi¹ ] n a bundle. বোঝার উপর শাকের আঁটি the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

আঁটি² [ ān̐ṭi² ] n the stone of a fruit.

আঁটুনি [ ān̐ṭuni ] n tightness, tension; tight fasten ing or fixation; strictness, rigour; (of speech etc.) compactness.

আঁটুবাঁটু [ ān̐ṭubān̐ṭu ] n effort in spite of incapability, fumbling. ☐ adv. fumblingly.

আঁটো [ ān̐ṭō ] a tight; close-fitting.

আঁত [ ān̐ta ] n intestines, entrails; catgut; vital or inmost part (আঁতে ঘা লাগা); one's se cret intention or design or mental dis position (আঁত বোঝা). আঁতে ঘা দেওয়া to grieve or hurt a person by pricking his or her weak point, to cut to the quick.

আঁতকানো [ ān̐takānō ] v to feel sudden alarm, to startle. আঁতকে ওঠা same as আঁতকানো । আঁতকানি n. startle.

আঁতড়ি [ ān̐taḍ়i ] n entrails, intestines.

আঁতরস [ ān̐tarasa ] n gastric juice.

আঁতিপাঁতি [ ān̐tipān̐ti ] adv at the head and at the foot of a bed; everywhere.

আঁতুড় [ ān̐tuḍ় ] n a lying-in room, a labour-room (আঁতুড় ঘর); confinement of a woman at childbirth.

আঁদরু-পেঁদরু [ ān̐daru-pēn̐daru ] n (facet. & derog.) an Indian Christian ludicrously imitating the Eu ropeans in his daily life.

আঁদিসাঁদি [ ān̐disān̐di ] n. pl loopholes; tricks and stratagems; (sing.) due arrangement, order, system.

আঁধার [ ān̐dhāra ] n darkness, gloom; absence of light. ☐ a. dark, gloomy; deprived of light. আঁধার ঘরের মানিক an object of pre cious hope and consolation amidst ut ter misery; silver-lining. মনের আঁধার ignorance; extreme sorrow or dejec tion. আঁধারি same as আঁধার ।

আঁধি [ ān̐dhi ] n stormy wind, strong wind; a storm; a danger; mental suffering; agony; a cause of disturbing something ('ঘুম ভাঙ্গাবার আঁধি').