अद्य

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अद्य (adyá). Doublet of आज (āj).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /əd̪.jᵊ/, [ɐd̪.jᵊ]
Audio (Delhi): (file)

Adverb

अद्य • (adya) (Urdu spelling ادیہ)

today
Synonyms: इमरोज़ (imroz), आज (āj)

Related terms

References

Platts, John T. (1884), “अद्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अद्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

अद्या (adyā́) — Vedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অদ্য (Assamese script)
ᬅᬤ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
অদ্য (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰟𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
အဒျ (Burmese script)
અદ્ય (Gujarati script)
ਅਦ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌦𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦢꦾ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂠𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಅದ್ಯ (Kannada script)
អទ្យ (Khmer script)
ອທ຺ຍ (Lao script)
അദ്യ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡩᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘟𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠠᢑᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦿𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐡𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
ଅଦ୍ଯ (Odia script)
ꢂꢣ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆢𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖟𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
අද්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩭 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚛𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
அத்³ய (Tamil script)
అద్య (Telugu script)
อทฺย (Thai script)
ཨ་དྱ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒠𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨛𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁e

Proto-Indo-European *déy-s ~ dy-és

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyá

Sanskrit अद्य (adya)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyá, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e + *déy-s ~ dy-és. Related to द्यु (dyú). See also Latin hodie.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐd.jɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐd̪.jɐ/

Adverb

अद्य • (adyá)

Related terms

सद्यस् (sadyas)

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚 (aja /⁠ajja⁠/)
- Khasa Prakrit:
  - Nepali: आज (āj)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀅𑀬𑁆𑀬 (ayya)
  - Old Bengali: আজি (āji)
    - Bengali: আজ (aj)
    - Rohingya: aijja
    - Sylheti: ꠀꠁꠎ (aiz), ꠀꠁꠎꠇꠥ (aizoku)
  - Early Assamese: আজি (aji)
    - Assamese: আজি (azi)
  - Odia: ଆଜି (āji)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja)
  - 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)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Takka Apabhramsa:
    - Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਅੱਜ (ajja)
      Shahmukhi script: اَجّ (ajj)
  - Vracada Apabhramsa:
    - Kachchi: અજ (aja)
    - Sindhi:
      Arabic script: اَڄُ
      Devanagari script: अॼु (aj̈u)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja)
  - Gurjara Apabhramsa:
    - Old Gujarati: आज (āja)
      - Gujarati: આજ (āja)
      - Marwari: आज (āj)
  - Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    - Hindustani:
      Hindi: आज (āj)
      Urdu: آج (āj)
  - Vaghri: અજ્જ (ajj)
Pali: ajja
→ Hindi: अद्य (adya)
→ Sylheti: ꠅꠁꠖ꠆ꠖ (oiddo), ꠅꠖ꠆ꠖ (oddo)
→ Urdu: ادی (adya)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अद्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 19.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 65
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “adyá”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University