Where does “આજકાલ” come from?
આજકાલ (Gujarati) comes from Gujarati આજ, from Old Gujarati आज, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚, from Sanskrit अद्य, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyá.
આજકાલ (Gujarati): these days, nowadays; these days; today and...
Definitions
- these days, nowadays; these days; today and...
Ancestry of “આજકાલ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Gujarati | આજ | today |
| 2 | Old Gujarati | आज | — |
| 3 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अद्य | today; nowadays; now |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hadyá | — |