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Apabhramsa
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 (ajja) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀚 (aja /ajja/), from Sanskrit अद्य (adya).
Adverb
अज्जु (ajju)
- today
- Synonym: अज्ज (ajja)
c. 1020, Vir,
Jambu-Sami-Chariu 9.15.4-5:
- करमि अकम्मु सिट्ठ-जण-दूसिउ मंदिरु तं न जं न मइँ मूसिउ ।
तेरउ एक्क नवर न निहेलणु चोरमि अज्जु तं पि पेरिउ मणु ।- karami akammu siṭṭha-jaṇa-dūsiu maṃdiru taṃ na jaṃ na maïm̐ mūsiu.
teraü ekka navara na nihelaṇu corami ajju taṃ pi periu maṇu. - I commit misdeeds that are condemned by civilised people. There is no house that I have not looted from.
In fact, your house is the only one that I have not looted yet, so I am tempted to rob it today.
References
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923–1928) “अज्जु”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: , page 24.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ajju”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 13