Ajakirja

Ajakirja is the genitive singular form of the Estonian noun ajakiri, which means "magazine." In standard Estonian, ajakirja is used to indicate possession or association with a magazine, for example ajakirja toimetus (the magazine's editorial office) and ajakirja ilmumine (the magazine's publication). The base nominative form is ajakiri, and the plural is ajakirjad, with the genitive plural ajakirjade. The term appears widely in publishing and media language and is common in compound expressions describing magazines or their activities.

Ajakirja is not the title of a specific publication in itself; rather, it functions as a grammatical form used with a concrete magazine name or with the generic noun ajakiri in sentences. If a publication uses Ajakirja as its official name, it would be a proper noun distinct from the ordinary word. See also ajakiri for the base noun and ajakirja as a genitive form.