अज्ञात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अज्ञात (ajñāta).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Delhi):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Adjective

अज्ञात • (ajñāt) (indeclinable)

1. anonymous, unrevealed, undisclosed, unidentified

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অজ্ঞাত (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬚ᭄ᬜᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
• অজ্ঞাত (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• အဇ္ဉာတ (Burmese script)
• અજ્ઞાત (Gujarati script)
• ਅਜ੍ਞਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦘꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಜ್ಞಾತ (Kannada script)
• អជ្ញាត (Khmer script)
• ອຊ຺ຎາຕ (Lao script)
• അജ്ഞാത (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠽᡛᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଅଜ୍ଞାତ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢙ꣄ꢛꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
• අඥාත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• அஜ்ஞாத (Tamil script)
• అజ్ఞాత (Telugu script)
• อชฺญาต (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཛྙཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

अ- (a-) +‎ ज्ञात (jñāta).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

अज्ञात • (ájñāta) stem (root ज्ञा)

1. unknown, unrecognised

Descendants

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

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ajñāta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press