आजकल ājkal
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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
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- ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
- ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
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Earlier definition
Definition
Nowadays, these days.
Usual translation
- nowadays
- these days
Origin of the definition
H آج आज āj — also आजु āju, अज aj, अजा ajā, अजुआ ajuʼā , — [S. अद्य], adv. To-day, this day; this time, now: — āj-tak, adv. Up to this day; to this time, till now; hitherto; as yet: — āj-din-ko, adv. To-day by day, to day: — āj-rāt-ko, adv. To-day at night, to-night: — āj fajr or fajar, adv. This morning: — āj-kā, adj. (f. -ī), To-day's, this, of the present; new, recent, fresh; — āj-kī rāt, This night, to-night: — āj-ke din, āj-ke roz, adv. To-day — āj-kal, adv. To-day or to-morrow; in a few days, in a day or two, soon; in these days, now-a-days; recently, of late: — āj-kal batānā, āj-kal karnā, v.n. To put off from day to day, to procrastinate, delay; to shilly shally, evade, shuffle: — āj-kal-kā, adj. (f. -ī), Of the present day, age or generation; recent, fresh: — āj-loṅ, ajoṅ, adv. = āj-tak: — āj-hūṅ or hū, ajahūṅ, adv. (emphatic), 1˚ = āj-tak, q.v. 2˚. This very day, to-day even; just now, even now, at this very time; immediately.
आजकल ājakala a:jkal (adv) now-a-days, these days;—करना to put off from day to day, to dilly-dally; to defer; —का modern, hodiernal;—में in a couple of days, soon, without delay.
H کل कल kal [Prk. कल्लं; S. कल्यं], s.m. & adv. The morrow, to-morrow; yesterday ("in the Dakkhanī dialect kal is used only in the sense of 'yesterday'; 'to-morrow' is expressed by ṣabāṅ or ṣubāṅ," corr. fr. A. ṣabāḥ, or ṣubḥ): — kal-kā, adj. (f. -kī), Of or relating to yesterday: — kal-kā ādmī, A man of yesterday, novus homo, an upstart, a parvenu: — kal-kī bāt, A matter of yesterday, a recent occurrence: — kal-kā din, Yesterday: — kal-kī rāt, or kal-rāt-ko, Last night; to-morrow night: — kal-kalāṅ-ko, adv. & conj. In future; perchance; lest.
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