𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇

𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (jāṇadi) – Sauraseni, 𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (yāṇadi) – Magadhi, 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇 (jāṇāi)

Etymology

Maharastri Prakrit verb set
𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇 (jāṇaï)
𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀯𑁂𑀇 (jāṇāvei)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀦𑀢𑀺 (jānati), from Sanskrit जानाति (jānā́ti). Cognate with Pali jānāti.

Verb

𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇 (jāṇaï) (Devanagari जाणइ, Kannada ಜಾಣಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)

1. to know

Descendants

• Konkani: jāṇce

  Devanagari: जाण्चे

  Kannada: ಜಾಣ್ಚೆ

  Latin: zannche

• Old Marathi: jāṇaṇe

  Modi: 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹

  Devanagari: जाणणे

  • Marathi: जाणणे (jāṇṇe)

References

• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎, London: Trübner & Co., page 167
• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924), “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎, volume VIII, issue 2, Calcutta, page 135.
• Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 361.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 13.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jānāˊti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press