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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- জ্ঞু (Assamese script)
- ᬚ᭄ᬜᬸ (Balinese script)
- জ্ঞু (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဇ္ဉု (Burmese script)
- જ્ઞુ (Gujarati script)
- ਜ੍ਞੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦘꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಜ್ಞು (Kannada script)
- ជ្ញុ (Khmer script)
- ຊ຺ຎຸ (Lao script)
- ജ്ഞു (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠨᡳᠶᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠽᡛᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଜ୍ଞୁ (Odia script)
- ꢙ꣄ꢛꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ඥු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஜ்ஞு (Tamil script)
- జ్ఞు (Telugu script)
- ชฺญุ (Thai script)
- ཛྙུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́nu, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnu, zero-grade of *ǵónu (“knee”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬎 (žnu, “knee”); see जानु (jānu) for more cognates.
Pronunciation
Noun
ज्ञु • (jñu) stem, ?
- (in compounds) knee
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 6.1.6:
- तं त्वा वयं दम आ दीदिवांसमुप ज्ञुबाधो नमसा सदेम ॥
- taṃ tvā vayaṃ dama ā dīdivāṃsamupa jñubādho namasā sadema.
- Let us approach thee, shining, in thy dwelling, kneeling upon our knees, with adoration.
Derived terms