𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇
Prakrit
Alternative forms
Etymology
| Prakrit verb set |
|---|
| 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇 (jāṇaï) |
| 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀯𑁂𑀇 (jāṇāvei) |
Etymology tree
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀦𑀢𑀺 (jānati), from Sanskrit जा॒नाति॑ (jānā́ti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti, from *ǵneh₃- + *-né-. Cognate with Pali jānāti.
Verb
𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇 (jāṇaï) (Devanagari जाणइ, Kannada ಜಾಣಇ) (transitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
- to know
Descendants
Inherited
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Garhwali: जाण्नु (jāṇnu)
- Kumaoni: जाण्णो (jāṇṇo)
- Nepali: जान्नु (jānnu)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Western Indo-Aryan:
References
- E.B. Cowell (1868), The Prákṛit Prakáśa[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 167
- Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924), “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal[2], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 135.
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 361
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 13.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “jānāˊti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press