𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 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 forms
  • 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

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) (Maharastri)

  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)

References
  • E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎, 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
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