آج

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See also: آخ, أخ, اخ, and آچ

Kalami

Etymology

Cognate with Kashmiri اَز (az).

Adverb

آج (āǰ)

  1. today

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āč

Adjective

آجْ (āç)

  1. hungry

Noun

آجْ (āç)

  1. someone who is hungry
    آجْ كُورْسَك طُويُرْغِلْ ، يَلِنْجَقْ كُورْسَكْ طُونَاتْغِلْ
    āç görseŋ ṭoyurġıl, yalıncak görseŋ ṭonatġıl
    if you see someone hungry, feed them; if you see someone barefoot, equip them

Descendants

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

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 (aş), Kyrgyz ач (ac), Turkmen aç, 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 (hâris)
  4. (of soil) hungry, starved, deprived of nourishment, not fertile
Derived terms
Descendants

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian .

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

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Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 • (āj) m (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.

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Adverb

آج (āj)

  1. today
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