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Source:*razъProto-Slavic · “blow; one time”probable

Every language says 'this time' or 'this hour' its own way; the exact build of Polish teraz, Czech teď and BCS sad(a) is less certain.

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teraz

ˈtɛras

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Russian
сейча́сsejčas
sʲɪˈtɕasdifferent word · сей 'this' + час 'hour' (Proto-Slavic *sь, *časъ)
Ukrainian
за́разzaraz
ˈzarazinherited
за 'at' + раз 'time'.
Polish
teraz
ˈtɛrasinherited
Probably 'this time': a demonstrative te- + raz.
Czech
teď
tɛcdifferent word · Czech, built on the demonstrative stem t- (as in ten 'this')
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
sadсад
saddifferent word · BCS, probably built on *sь 'this' (cf. сей)
Also sada.
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