𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚
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)
- 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.
- ‘Today he has left’. ‘Today he has left’. ‘Today he has left’.
- ajjaṃ gao-tti ajjaṃ gao-tti ajjaṃ gao-tti gaṇirīe
- 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀁 𑀕𑀑-𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀁 𑀕𑀑-𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀁 𑀕𑀑-𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 𑀕𑀡𑀺𑀭𑀻𑀏
Descendants
- Konkani:
- Devanagari: आयज (āyaj)
- Kannada: ಅಯಜ (āyaj)
- Latin: aiz
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari: आजि (āji), आजिं (ājiṃ)
- Modi: 𑘁𑘕𑘲 (ājī), 𑘁𑘕𑘲𑘽 (ājīṃ)
- Marathi: आज़ (āj̈)
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)
- noble
Noun
𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja) m (Devanagari अज्ज)
- master
- a grandfather
Descendants
- Marathi: आज़ा (āj̈ā)
- ⇒ Marathi: आज़ोबा (āj̈obā)
- Konkani: आजो (āzô)
- → Kannada: ಅಜ್ಜ (ajja)
- → Malayalam: അച്ഛൻ (acchaṉ)
- → Tamil: அச்சன் (accaṉ)