ज्ञान

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna), from the root verb ज्ञा (jñā, “to know, be aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡjaːn]

Noun

ज्ञान • (jñān) m (Urdu spelling گیان)

1. knowledge

   मुझे इसका कुछ भी ज्ञान नहीं है।

   mujhe iskā kuch bhī jñān nahī̃ hai.

   I have no knowledge of it at all.

   हमारा शिक्षक व्यापक ज्ञान की खान है।

   hamārā śikṣak vyāpak jñān kī khān hai.

   Our professor is a vast storehouse of general knowledge.

   गुरूजी, और ज्ञान बाटो!

   gurūjī, aur jñān bāṭo!

   Oh Guru, please enlighten us with your knowledge! (sarcastic)

Synonyms

• जानकारी (jānkārī)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “ज्ञान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

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Nepali

Noun

ज्ञान • (jñān), pronounced ग्याँन् (gyā̃n)

1. knowledge, wisdom

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root verb ज्ञा (jñā, “to know, be aware of”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Noun

ज्ञान • (jñāna) n

1. knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality)
2. "knowledge about anything cognizance" (compare ज्ञानतस् (jñānatas) and अज्ञान (ajñāna))

   ज्ञानाद् अज्ञानाद् वा ― jñānād ajñānād vā ― knowingly or ignorantly

3. conscience
4. = ज्ञानेन्द्रिय (jñānendriya)
5. engaging in (+ genitive, e.g. सर्पिषस् (sarpiṣas, “in sacrifice with clarified butter”))
6. name of a shakti

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ज्ञान
Nom. sg.	ज्ञानः (jñānaḥ)
Gen. sg.	ज्ञानस्य (jñānasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ज्ञानः (jñānaḥ)	ज्ञानौ (jñānau)	ज्ञानाः (jñānāḥ)
Vocative	ज्ञान (jñāna)	ज्ञानौ (jñānau)	ज्ञानाः (jñānāḥ)
Accusative	ज्ञानम् (jñānam)	ज्ञानौ (jñānau)	ज्ञानान् (jñānān)
Instrumental	ज्ञानेन (jñānena)	ज्ञानाभ्याम् (jñānābhyām)	ज्ञानैः (jñānaiḥ)
Dative	ज्ञानाय (jñānāya)	ज्ञानाभ्याम् (jñānābhyām)	ज्ञानेभ्यः (jñānebhyaḥ)
Ablative	ज्ञानात् (jñānāt)	ज्ञानाभ्याम् (jñānābhyām)	ज्ञानेभ्यः (jñānebhyaḥ)
Genitive	ज्ञानस्य (jñānasya)	ज्ञानयोः (jñānayoḥ)	ज्ञानानाम् (jñānānām)
Locative	ज्ञाने (jñāne)	ज्ञानयोः (jñānayoḥ)	ज्ञानेषु (jñāneṣu)

Descendants

• Bengali: জ্ঞান (jñān)
• Gujarati: જ્ઞાન (gnān)
• Hindi: ज्ञान (gyān)
• Kannada: ಜ್ಞಾನ (jñāna)
• Telugu: జ్ఞానము (jñānamu)
• Thai: ญาณ (yaan)
• Urdu: گیان (gyān)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0426