jānāti

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀚𑀸𑀦𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• जानाति (Devanagari script)
• জানাতি (Bengali script)
• ජානාති (Sinhalese script)
• ဇာနာတိ or ၹႃၼႃတိ (Burmese script)
• ชานาติ (Thai script)
• ᨩᩣᨶᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊານາຕິ (Lao script)
• ជានាតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄂𑄚𑄂𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

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)

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of "jānāti"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	jānāmi	jānāma
2nd	jānāsi	jānātha
3rd	jānāti or jānati	jānanti
Imperative
1st	jānāmi	jānāma
2nd	jānā or jānāhi	jānātha
3rd	jānātu	jānantu
Optative
1st	jāneyyāmi or jāneyyaṃ	jāneyyāma
2nd	jāneyyāsi	jāneyyātha
3rd	jāneyya or jāne	jāneyyuṃ

• Present active participle: jānant, which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: jānamāna, which see for forms and usage
• Past participle: ñāta
• Infinitive: ñātum
• Absolutive: ñatvā
• Gerundive: ñātabba
• Future: jānissāmi
• Aorist: aññāsi

Derived terms

• anujānāti

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “jānāti”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead