آج

See also: آخ, أخ, اخ, آچ, and اچ

Kalami

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit अ॒द्य (adyá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyá, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edyé, from *h₁e + *dey-. Cognate with Kashmiri اَز (az).

    Pronunciation

    • Tone class: H
    • IPA(key): /áːd͡ʑ/

    Adverb

    آج (āǰ)

    1. today

    References

    • Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “āǰ”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 77

    Old Anatolian Turkish

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āč

    Adjective

    آجْ • (āç)

    1. hungry

    Noun

    آجْ • (āç)

    1. someone who is hungry

    Descendants

    • Azerbaijani: ac
    • Gagauz: aaç
    • Ottoman Turkish: آج ()

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish آجْ (āç), from Proto-Turkic *āč. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (āč), Azerbaijani ac, Bashkir ас (as), Kazakh аш (), Kyrgyz ач (ac), Turkmen , Uyghur ئاچ (ach), Uzbek och and Yakut аас (aas).

    Adjective

    آج • (ac)

    1. hungry, affected by hunger, having the physical need for food
      Synonyms: جائع (caʼiʼ), كرسنه (gürsine)
    2. fasting, abstaining from food, especially for religious reasons
      Synonym: اوروجلو (oruclu)
    3. greedy, covetous, avaricious, distastefully keen or desirous
      Synonyms: آج كوزلو (ac gözlü), حریص (haris)
    4. (of soil) hungry, starved, deprived of nourishment, not fertile
    Derived terms
    • آج آجنه (ac acına, through prolonged privation of food)
    • آج صوسز (ac susuz, deprived of food and water)
    • آج طورمق (ac durmak, to remain without food)
    • آج طوپراق (ac toprak, dry soil)
    • آج طویرمق (ac doyurmak, to feed the poor)
    • آج قارننه (ac karnına, on an empty stomach)
    • آج قالمق (ac kalmak, to go hungry, be starved)
    • آج قومق (ac komak, to keep a man starving)
    • آج كوزلو (ac gözlü, covetous)
    • آجلق (aclık, hunger)
    • آجلو (aclı, hungered)
    Descendants

    Further reading

    Etymology 2

    From Persian آج (âj).

    Noun

    آج • (ac) (definite accusative آجی (acı), plural آجلر (aclar))

    1. tamarisk, salt cedar, any of several shrubs in the genus Tamarix
      Synonyms: ایلغین (ılgın), طرفا (tarfa), كز (gez)
    Descendants
    • Turkish: ac

    Further reading

    Urdu

    Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑːd͡ʒ/
      • Audio:(file)

      Adverb

      آج • (āj) (Hindi spelling आज)

      1. today

      Coordinate terms

      Dates relative to today in Urdu (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
      تَرْسوں (tarsõ) پَرْسوں (parsõ) کَل (kal) آج (āj) کَل (kal) پَرْسوں (parsõ) تَرْسوں (tarsõ)
      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
      تِین دِن پَہْلے (tīn din pahle)
      تِین دِن قَبْل (tīn din qabl)
      دو دِن پَہْلے (do din pahle)
      دو دِن قَبْل (do din qabl)
      پِچْھلے دِن (pichle din)
      ایک دِن پَہْلے (ek din pahle)
      ایک دِن قَبْل (ek din qabl)
      اُس دِن (us din) اَگْلے دِن (agle din)
      ایک دِن بَعْد (ek din ba'd)
      دُوسْرے دِن (dūsre din)
      دو دِن بَعْد (do din ba'd)
      تِیسْرے دِن (tīsre din)
      تِین دِن بَعْد (tīn din ba'd)

      Noun

      آج • (ājm (Hindi spelling आज)

      1. today
        Synonyms: اِمْروز (imroz), اَدْیہ (adyh)

      References

      • Platts, John T. (1884), “آج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

      Ushojo

      Adverb

      آج (āj)

      1. today