ज्ञा

See also: ज्ञ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (to know). Cognate with Latin gnōscō, Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō), Old English cnawan (English know), and Russian знать (znatʹ).

Pronunciation

Root

ज्ञा • (√jñā)

  1. to know

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ज्ञा‎ (0 c, 18 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
Derived Nominal Forms

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्ञा‎ (13 c, 0 e)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “ज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 425, column 2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 56
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 599-601
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