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ājānāmi

ājānāti

pr 1st sg of ājānāti (verb); imp 1st sg of ājānāti (verb)

1. knows; understands; comprehends
2. finds out; learns
3. recognizes; acknowledges; lit. knows here

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward
  Direction reversal: knowledge comes to the speaker rather than departing. Related to Sanskrit ā; no European cognate.
• jānā — stem · know
  From root √jñā. Cognates: Latin gnōscō, Greek ginốskō, English know (PIE *gne-).
• mi — ending · 1st sg present
  Primary active ending marking first person singular present indicative (parallel to Sanskrit -mi).

Etymology. ā- (toward) + √jñā (know). The prefix reverses the motion of the root: rather than knowledge going away, it comes toward the speaker. Sanskrit ājānāti; cognate with Latin gnōscō (know), Greek ginốskō (γιγνώσκω), English know, German kennen — all from PIE *gne- 'recognize, know'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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