# आज
## Hindi
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɑːd͡ʒ/, [äːd͡ʒ]

### Adverb

आज • (āj) (Urdu spelling آج)
* today
    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.

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* आजकल (ājkal)

### References

* 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

## Marathi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ad͡z/
* Rhymes: -ad͡z

### Adverb

आज • (āj̈)
* today
    आज मी विमानाने पहिल्यांदा प्रवास करणार.āj̈ mī pahilyāndā vimānāne pravās karṇār.Today I will travel by plane for the first time.

#### Derived terms

* आजकाल (āj̈kāl)

### See also

Dates relative to today in Marathi (layout · text) :
| | –3 | –2 | –1 | 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 |
| direct speech | three days ago | two days ago | yesterday | today | tomorrow | in two days | in three days |
| direct speech | तेरवा (tervā) | परवा (parvā) | काल (kāl) | आज (āj̈) | उद्या (udyā) | परवा (parvā) | तेरवा (tervā) |
| reported speech | three days before, three days earlier | two days before, two days earlier | the day before | on that day | the next day | two days later | three days later |
| reported speech | [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] | [Term?] |

### Further reading

* 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

## Nepali
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ä.d͡zʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: आज

### Adverb

आज • (āja)
* today
    मेरो जन्मदिन आज हो।
       mero janmadin āja ho.
       Today is my birthday.

### References

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* আজ (Assamese script)
* ᬆᬚ (Balinese script)
* আজ (Bengali script)
* 𑰁𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀆𑀚 (Brahmi script)
* အာဇ (Burmese script)
* આજ (Gujarati script)
* ਆਜ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌆𑌜 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦴꦗ (Javanese script)
* 𑂄𑂔 (Kaithi script)
* ಆಜ (Kannada script)
* អាជ (Khmer script)
* ອາຊ (Lao script)
* ആജ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘁𑘕 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢗᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦡𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐁𑐖 (Newa script)
* ଆଜ (Odia script)
* ꢃꢙ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆄𑆘 (Sharada script)
* 𑖁𑖕 (Siddham script)
* ආජ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩛𑩣 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚁𑚑 (Takri script)
* ஆஜ (Tamil script)
* ఆజ (Telugu script)
* อาช (Thai script)
* ཨཱ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒂𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨊𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑː.d͡ʑɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɑː.d͡ʑɐ/

### Etymology 1

Vṛddhi derivative of अज (aja).

#### Adjective

आज • (āja) stem
* coming from or belonging to goats, produced by goats
* a descendant of aja-

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

आज • (āja) stem, m
* a vulture

##### Declension
#### Noun

आज • (āja) stem, n
* the lunar mansion pūrvabhādrapadā (presided over by aja- Ekapad)
* clarified butter

##### Declension
### References

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