अज्ञात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अज्ञात (ajñāta).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /əɡ.jɑːt̪/, [ɐɡ.jäːt̪]
  • Audio (Delhi):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Adjective

अज्ञात • (ajñāt) (indeclinable)

  1. anonymous, unrevealed, undisclosed, unidentified

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

अ- (a-) +‎ ज्ञात (jñāta).

Pronunciation

Adjective

अज्ञात • (ájñāta) stem (root ज्ञा)

  1. unknown, unrecognised

Descendants

  • Bengali: অজ্ঞাত (ojnat) (learned)
  • Pali: aññāta
  • Prakrit: 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀬 (aṇṇāya)
  • Hindi: अज्ञात (ajñāt) (learned)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ajñāta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press