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ājāneyyātha
ājānāti
opt 2nd pl of ājānāti (verb)
- knows; understands; comprehends
- finds out; learns
- recognizes; acknowledges; lit. knows here
Built from
- ā — prefix · toward, inward
Reverses motion verbs; here turns knowing into a movement of comprehension toward the self, making 'know' into 'recognize' or 'acknowledge'.
- jānā — root · know, perceive
Cognate with Latin gnōscere (know), English know, Sanskrit jānāti. The root captures direct knowing or acquaintance.
- e — ending · 3rd singular optative stem marker
Forms the optative stem; -yātha is the 2nd plural optative ending expressing wish or possibility in the active voice.
- yātha — ending · 2nd plural optative
Active voice optative ending; expresses what you (plural) might or should know or recognize.
Analysis. ā + √jānā: the prefix ā- turns the root's motion inward, from 'to know (of)' to 'to know (toward oneself)', hence 'to recognize or acknowledge'.
Etymology. ā- (toward the speaker, bringing motion inward) + √jānā (to know, cognate with Latin gnōscere, English know, Sanskrit jānāti). The prefix shifts the root's sense from bare knowing to recognition—a knowing that comes home.