अद्य

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əd̪.jᵊ/, [ɐd̪.jᵊ]

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Adverb

अद्य • (adya) (Urdu spelling ادیہ)

1. today

   Synonyms: इमरोज़ (imroz), आज (āj)

Related terms

• अद्यतन (adyatan)
• अद्यापि (adyāpi)
• अद्यैव (adyaiv)

 

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 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

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hadyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-dy-és, from *h₁é (“this”) + *déy-s ~ *dy-és, from *dey- (“day”) +‎ *-s.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐd.jɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐd̪.jɐ/

Adverb

अद्य • (adyá)

1. today
2. nowadays
3. now

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)
    • Early Assamese: আজি (aji)
      • Assamese: আজি (azi)
    • Odia: ଆଜି (aji)
  • 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)
    • Gurjar 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)
• → Urdu: ادی (adya)

See also

• hodie

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