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