Where does “આજ” come from?
આજ (Gujarati) comes from Old Gujarati आज, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚, from Sanskrit अद्य, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyá.
આજ (Gujarati): today
Ancestry of “આજ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Gujarati | आज | — |
| 2 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अद्य | today; nowadays; now |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hadyá | — |