𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ajja (Latin script)
• अज्ज (Devanagari script)
• অজ্জ (Bengali script)
• අජ‍්ජ (Sinhalese script)
• အဇ္ဇ or ဢၹ္ၹ or ဢၹ်ၹ (Burmese script)
• อชฺช or อัชชะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨩ᩠ᨩ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຊ຺ຊ or ອັຊຊະ (Lao script)
• អជ្ជ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄎𑄴𑄎 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• ajjā (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• अज्जा (Devanagari script)
• অজ্জা (Bengali script)
• අජ‍්ජා (Sinhalese script)
• အဇ္ဇာ or ဢၹ္ၹႃ or ဢၹ်ၹႃ (Burmese script)
• อชฺชา or อัชชา (Thai script)
• ᩋᨩ᩠ᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຊ຺ຊາ or ອັຊຊາ (Lao script)
• អជ្ជា (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄎𑄴𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adverb

𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚

1. Brahmi script form of ajja (“today”)

Prakrit

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁e

Proto-Indo-European *déy-s ~ dy-és

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyás

Sanskrit अद्य (adya)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀚 (aja)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀚 (aja /⁠ajja⁠/), from Sanskrit अद्य (adyá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hadyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-dy-és. Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀬𑁆𑀬 (ayya), Pali ajjā.

Adverb

𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja) (Devanagari अज्ज, Kannada ಅಜ್ಜ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. today
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 208:

     𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀁 𑀕𑀑-𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀁 𑀕𑀑-𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀁 𑀕𑀑-𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 𑀕𑀡𑀺𑀭𑀻𑀏
     𑀧𑀠𑀫-𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀅 𑀤𑀺𑀅𑀳𑀤𑁆𑀥𑁂 𑀓𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀟𑁄 𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀮𑀺𑀑

     ajjaṃ gao-tti ajjaṃ gao-tti ajjaṃ gao-tti gaṇirīe
     paḍhama-ccia diahaddhe kuḍḍo rehāhi cittalio

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       ‘Today he has left’. ‘Today he has left’. ‘Today he has left’.
       Already on the very first morning, she covered the whole wall with lines.

Descendants

• Konkani:

  Devanagari script: आयज (āyaj)

  Kannada script: ಅಯಜ (āyaj)

  Latin script: aiz

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: आजि (āji), आजिं (ājiṃ)

  Modi script: 𑘁𑘕𑘲 (ājī), 𑘁𑘕𑘲𑘽 (ājīṃ)

  • Marathi: आज़ (āj̈)

References

• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 188
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 137
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 20.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “adyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit आर्य (ārya, “noble”).

Adjective

𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja) (Devanagari अज्ज)

1. noble

Noun

𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja) m (Devanagari अज्ज)

1. master
2. a grandfather

Descendants

• Marathi: आज़ा (āj̈ā)
  • ⇒ Marathi: आज़ोबा (āj̈obā)
• Konkani: आजो (āzô)
• → Kannada: ಅಜ್ಜ (ajja), ಅಜ್ಜಿ (ajji)
• → Malayalam: അച്ഛൻ (acchaṉ), അച്ചൻ (accaṉ), അച്ചി (acci)
• → Tamil: அச்சன் (accaṉ)
• → Tulu: ಅಜ್ಜಿ (ajji), ಅಜ್ಜೆ (ajje)