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Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit जानाति (jānā́ti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬥 (zanąn), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 (x-š-n-a-s-a-h-y /xšnāsāhiy/) (Persian شناختن (šenâxtan)), Northern Kurdish zanîn, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (“to know”) (compare Old Church Slavonic знати (znati), English know).
Verb
jānāti (root ñā, fifth conjugation)
- to know
- to understand, comprehend
- to notice
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References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “jānāti”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
- ^ Warder A.K. (2001) Introduction to Pali (overall work in English), Oxford: The Pali Text Society, page 376: “(ñ)ñā (V) jānāti”