जानाति

जानाति

See also: जनति and जनता

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• jānāti (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀸𑀦𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• জানাতি (Bengali script)
• ජානාති (Sinhalese script)
• ဇာနာတိ (Burmese script)
• ชานาติ (Thai script)
• ᨩᩣᨶᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ជានាតិ (Khmer script)

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

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• जानीते (jānīte) – ātmanepada

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬚᬵᬦᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• জানাতি (Assamese script)
• জানাতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰯𑰡𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀸𑀦𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌜𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• જાનાતિ (Gujarati script)
• ꦗꦴꦤꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• ಜಾನಾತಿ (Kannada script)
• ဇာနာတိ (Burmese script)
• ଜାନାତି (Oriya script)
• ꢙꢵꢥꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆳𑆤𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖯𑖡𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• జానాతి (Telugu script)
• ཛཱནཱཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒰𑒢𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑː.n̪ɑ́ː.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɑːˈn̪ɑː.t̪i/

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

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: زانُن‎ (zānun)
• Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: জনা (zona), জানা (zana)
  • Bengali: জানা (jana)
  • Bhojpuri: जानल (jānal)
  • Oriya: ଜାଣିବା (jaṇiba)
  • Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠘꠣ (zana)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇 (jāṇaï)
  • Konkani: जाण्चे (zāṇce)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (jāṇaṇe)
    • Marathi: जाणणे (jāṇṇe)
• Pali: jānāti
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (jāṇadi)
  • Old Gujarati: जाणिवउं
    • Gujarati: જાણવું (jāṇvũ)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: जानना (jānnā)

    Urdu: جاننا‎ (jānnā)

  • Nepali: जान्नु (jānnu)
  • Punjabi: ਜਾਣਨਾ (jāṇnā) / جاننا‎ (jāṇnā)
  • Sindhi: ڄَاڻَڻُ‎ / ॼाणणु (j̈āṇaṇu)

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 425