अज्ञात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अज्ञात (ajñāta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əɡ.jɑːt̪/, [ɐɡ.jäːt̪]

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Adjective

अज्ञात • (ajñāt) (indeclinable)

1. anonymous, unrevealed, undisclosed, unidentified

Sanskrit

Etymology

अ- (a-) +‎ ज्ञात (jñāta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́d͡ʑ.ɲɑː.tɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐd͡ʑˈɲɑː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

अज्ञात • (ájñāta) stem (root ज्ञा)

1. unknown, unrecognised

Descendants

• Pali: aññāta
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀬 (aṇṇāya)
  • Eastern:
    • Bengali: আনাড় (anaṛ)
• → Hindi: अज्ञात (ajñāt) (learned)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अज्ञात”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ajñāta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press