-ज्ञ

Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्ञ (jña, “wise, knowing”) as a second member of compounds. Further from the root ज्ञा (jñā, “to know”), whence Hindi जानना (jānnā).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡjə/, [ɡjɐ]

-ज्ञ • (-jña) m (noun-forming suffix)

1. forms terms for occupations; -er, -ist

   ‎गणित (gaṇit, “mathematics”) + ‎-ज्ञ (-jña) → ‎गणितज्ञ (gaṇitajña, “mathematician”)

-ज्ञ • (-jña) (adjective-forming suffix, indeclinable)

1. knowing

   ‎संस्कृत (sanskŕt, “Sanskrit”) + ‎-ज्ञ (-jña) → ‎संस्कृतज्ञ (sanskŕtajña, “learned in Sanskrit”)

   ‎बहु- (bahu-, “much”) + ‎-ज्ञ (-jña) → ‎बहुज्ञ (bahujña, “knowing much, learned”)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “-ज्ञ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press