𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇 (jāṇāi)
• 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (jāṇadi) — Śaurasenī
• 𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (yāṇadi) — Māgadhī

Etymology

Prakrit verb set
𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇 (jāṇaï)
𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀯𑁂𑀇 (jāṇāvei)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti

Sanskrit जा॒नाति॑ (jānā́ti)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀦𑀢𑀺 (jānati)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇

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)

1. to know

Descendants

Inherited

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Eastern Hindi:
    • Awadhi: जानब (jānab)
  • Western Hindi:
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: जानना (jānnā)
      • Urdu: جاننا (jānnā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali-Assamese:
    • Assamese: জানা (zana), জনা (zona)
    • Bengali: জানা (jana)
    • Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠘꠣ (zana)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: जानल (jānal)
    • Maithili: जानब (jānab)
  • Odia: ଜାଣିବା (jāṇibā)
• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Dhivehi: ދަންނަނީ (dan̊nanī)
  • Sinhalese: දන්නවා (dannawā)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Garhwali: जाण्नु (jāṇnu)
  • Kumaoni: जाण्णो (jāṇṇo)
  • Nepali: जान्नु (jānnu)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi: ਜਾਣਨਾ / جاننا (jāṇnā)
  • Sindhi: ڄَاڻَڻُ / ॼाणणु (j̄āṇaṇu)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: जाण्चे / ಜಾಣ್ಚೆ / zannche (jāṇce)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 / जाणणे (jāṇaṇe)
    • Marathi: जाणणे (jāṇṇe)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati: जाणिवउं (jāṇivaüṃ)
    • Gujarati: જાણવું (jāṇvũ)
    • Marwari: जाणणौ (jāṇṇau)
  • Romani: ʒanel, janel, zsánel, zhanel (Anglicized), džanel (Pan-Vlax)
    • → Romanian: gini (“to notice, to observe, to pay attention to”)

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