जानाति

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit जानाति (jānā́ti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵānáHti (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬥 (zanąn), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 (xšnāsāhiy) (Persian شناختن (šenâxtan)), Kurdish zanîn, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (to know) (compare Old Church Slavonic знати (znati), English know).

Verb

जानाति

  1. to know
  2. to understand, comprehend
  3. to notice

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (to know).

Cognate to Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬥 (zanąn), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 (xšnāsāhiy), Old Church Slavonic знати (znati), English know.

Pronunciation

Verb

जानाति (jānā́ti) (root ज्ञा, class 9, type P, present)

  1. to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with
  2. to perceive, apprehend, understand, experience, recognize, ascertain, investigate
  3. to know as, know or perceive that, regard or consider as
    1. (with मृषा (mṛṣā)) to consider as untrue
  4. to acknowledge, approve, allow
  5. to recognize as one's own, take possession of
  6. to visit as a friend
  7. to remember
  8. to engage in
  9. to make known, announce, teach anything
  10. to inform any one (with genitive) that
  11. to request, ask
  12. to wish to know or become acquainted with or learn, investigate, examine
  13. to wish for information about
  14. to conjecture

Descendants

References

  • Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 425
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