Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

जानाति

1. to know
2. to understand, comprehend
3. to notice

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan [Term?] (compare Pali जानाति), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬄𐬥 ‎(zanąn), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 ‎(xšnāsāhiy) (Persian شناختن ‎(šenâxtan)), Kurdish zanîn, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‎(“to know”) (compare Old Church Slavonic знати ‎(znati), English know).

Verb

जानाति • ‎(jānāti)

1. to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with
2. to perceive, apprehend, understand, experience, recognize, ascertain, investigate
3. to know as, know or perceive that, regard or consider as
4. (with मृषा) to consider as untrue
5. to acknowledge, approve, allow
6. to recognize as one's own, take possession of
7. to visit as a friend
8. to remember
9. to engage in
10. to make known, announce, teach anything
11. to inform any one (with genitive) that
12. to request, ask
13. to wish to know or become acquainted with or learn, investigate, examine
14. to wish for information about
15. to conjecture

Descendants

• Hindi: जानना ‎(jānnā)

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 425