ज्ञा
See also: ज्ञ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- জ্ঞা (Assamese script)
- ᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
- জ্ঞা (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
- જ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
- ਜ੍ਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
- ជ្ញា (Khmer script)
- ຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
- ജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠽᡛᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
- ꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ඥා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
- జ్ఞా (Telugu script)
- ชฺญา (Thai script)
- ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Sanskrit ज्ञा (jñā)
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).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː/
Root
ज्ञा • (jñā)
- to know
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ज्ञा (0 c, 24 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्ञा (19 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- ज्ञायते (jñāyáte) (Passive)
- अज्ञायि (ájñāyi) (Passive Aorist)
- ज्ञापयति (jñāpáyati) (Causative)
- ज्ञपयति (jñapáyati) (Causative)
- अजिज्ञपत् (ájijñapat) (Causative Aorist)
- अजिज्ञिपत् (ájijñipat) (Causative Aorist)
- ज्ञाप्यते (jñāpyáte) (Passive of Causative)
- ज्ञप्यते (jñapyáte) (Passive of Causative)
- जिज्ञासते (jijñāsate) (Desiderative)
- जाज्ञायते (jājñāyate) (Intensive)
- जाज्ञेति (jājñeti) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
- ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”)
- प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom”)
- संज्ञा (saṃjñā, “noun, consciousness”)
- अज्ञ (ajña, “ignorant; inexperienced; unconscious; stupid”)
- ज्ञानी (jñānī, “knowledgeable, wise”)
- अज्ञानी (ajñānī, “ignorant, unwise”)
- अज्ञेय (ajñeya, “unknowable”)
- अज्ञेयवाद (ajñeyavāda, “agnosticism”)
- ज्ञाति (jñātí)
- ज्ञातृ (jñātṛ́)
- ज्ञात्र (jñā́tra)
- Prefixed Root Forms
Descendants
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root ज्ञा (19 c, 0 e)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “JÑĀ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 599
Further reading
- 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
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “jñā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.