ज्ञान

From Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñā́na), from the root verb ज्ञा (jñā, “to know, be aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡjɑːn/

ज्ञान • (gyān) m (Urdu spelling گیان‎)

1. knowledge

   मुझे इसका कुछ भी ज्ञान नहीं है।

   mujhe iskā kuch bhī gyān nahī̃ hai.

   I have no knowledge of it at all.

   हमारा शिक्षक व्यापक ज्ञान की खान है।

   hamārā śikṣak vyāpak gyān kī khān hai.

   Our professor is a vast storehouse of general knowledge.

   गुरूजी, और ज्ञान बाटो! ― gurūjī, aur gyān bāṭo! ― Oh Guru, please enlighten us with knowledge! (sarcastic)

• जानकारी (jānkārī)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “ज्ञान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

ज्ञान • (jñān), pronounced ग्याँन् (gyā̃n)

1. knowledge, wisdom

From the root verb ज्ञा (jñā, “to know, be aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑ́ː.n̪ɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʑɲɑː.n̪ɐ/

ज्ञान • (jñā́na) n

1. knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality)
2. "knowledge about anything cognizance" (compare ज्ञानतस् (jñānatas) and अज्ञान (ajñāna))

   ज्ञानाद् अज्ञानाद् वा ― jñānād ajñānād vā ― knowingly or ignorantly

3. conscience
4. = ज्ञानेन्द्रिय (jñānendriya)
5. engaging in (+ genitive, e.g. सर्पिषस् (sarpiṣas, “in sacrifice with clarified butter”))
6. name of a shakti

• Assamese: জ্ঞান (gyan)
• Bengali: জ্ঞান (jñān)
• Gujarati: જ્ઞાન (gnān)
• Hindi: ज्ञान (gyān)
• Kannada: ಜ್ಞಾನ (jñāna)
• Pali: ñāṇa
  • • → Burmese: ဉာဏ် (nyan)
  • Khmer: ញាណ (ñiən)
  • Thai: ญาณ (yaan)
• Tamil: Template:Nyanam
• Telugu: జ్ఞానము (jñānamu)
• Urdu: گیان‎ (gyān)

• Monier Williams (1899), “ज्ञान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0426.