जिज्ञासते

जिज्ञासते

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́íȷ́naHsatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵíĵnaHsatay, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₃-ǵneh₃-setoy, from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑíd͡ʑ.ɲɑː.s̪ɐ.t̪ɐj/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑid͡ʑˈɲɑː.s̪ɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

जिज्ञासते • (jíjñāsate) (root ज्ञा, class 8, type A)

1. desiderative of ज्ञा (jñā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “जिज्ञासते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 425.