आज

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀚 (aja), from Sanskrit अद्य (adya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e + *déy-s ~ dy-és. Doublet of अद्य (adya).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːd͡ʒ/, [äːd͡ʒ]

आज • (āj) (Urdu spelling آج)

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   Synonyms: इमरोज़ (imroz), अद्य (adya)

   आज मैं हवाई-जहाज़ से पहली बार यात्रा करूँगा।

   āj ma͠i havāī-jahāz se pahlī bār yātrā karūṅgā.

   Today I will travel by plane for the first time.

आज • (āj) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling آج)

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• आजकल (ājkal)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आज”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “adyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘁𑘕𑘱𑘽 (ājiṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja), from Sanskrit अद्य (adyá).

• IPA^(key): /ad͡z/
• Rhymes: -ad͡z

आज • (āj̈)

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   आज मी विमानाने पहिल्यांदा प्रवास करणार.

   āj̈ mī pahilyāndā vimānāne pravās karṇār.

   Today I will travel by plane for the first time.

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “आज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 8
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 64
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “आज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 220
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “adyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 13

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja), from Sanskrit अद्य (adya).

• IPA^(key): [ä.d͡zʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: आज

आज • (āja)

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   मेरो जन्मदिन आज हो। ― mero janmadin āja ho. ― Today is my birthday.

• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “आज”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar, page 35

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d͡ʑɐ/

Vṛddhi derivative of अज (aja).

आज • (āja) stem

1. coming from or belonging to goats, produced by goats
2. a descendant of aja-

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आज • (āja) stem, m

1. a vulture

आज • (āja) stem, n

1. the lunar mansion pūrvabhādrapadā (presided over by aja- Ekapad)
2. clarified butter

• Monier Williams (1899) “आज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 132.