আজ

Bengali

Alternative forms

আজি (aji)
আইজ (aij) — Vanga, Varendra

Etymology

Inherited from Old Bengali আজি (āji), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀺 (ajji), feminine of 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja), from Sanskrit अद्य (adya). Doublet of অদ্য (oddo). Cognate with Assamese আজি (azi), Hindi आज (āj), Odia ଆଜି (āji), Rohingya aijja.

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ/, [ˈad͡ʒ], /aːd͡ʒ/, [ˈaːd͡ʒ]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /adʑ/, [ˈadʑ], /aːdʑ/, [ˈaːdʑ]
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Adverb

আজ • (aj)

today
ভগবানকে জিজ্ঞাসা করুন আজ আপনার জন্য তিনি কি করতে চান।
bhogbanoke jijnaśa korun aj apnar jonno tini ki korote can.
Ask God what he wants you to do today.

Derived terms

আজকার (ajkar)
আজকাল (ajkal)
আজকে (ajke)
আজকের (ajker)

See also

গতকাল (gotokal)
আগামিকাল (agamikal)

Further reading

Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003) “আজ”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “আজ”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
Biswas, Sailendra (2004) “আজ”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7^th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “আজ”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC.