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ajjeva

ajja

indeclinable (sandhi form: ajjeva)

1. ajja (ind): today; now
2. ajjeva (sandhi): this very day; just today; right now

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• ajja — root · today
  From ā- (toward) + √day- (to mark, divide); the present day as the one marked out or set apart. Cognate with Latin dies through Indo-European *dey-.
• eva — stem · emphatic, just, very
  Enclitic particle of emphasis and identity. Adds urgency: 'this very day, right now.' Related to Sanskrit eva and Indo-European *awe- (self, being).

Analysis. ajja (today) + eva (emphatic particle, just, very), contracted in sandhi; emphasizes immediacy or urgency of the present moment.

Etymology. ajja from Sanskrit ādya (today), from ā- (toward) + √day- (to divide, mark off), literally 'the marked-off day (toward us)'; compare Latin dies (day). eva is the emphatic enclitic meaning 'very, just, itself'; cognate with Sanskrit eva.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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