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abhijānāmahaṁ

abhijānāti

1st person singular present indicative, with enclitic mahaṁ (me); surface form is a contraction appearing in the Pali canon

1. I know clearly
2. I recognize
3. I acknowledge

Built from

• abhi — prefix · toward, over
  Facing something directly, bearing down on it with attention. Cognate: Latin ob- (observe, obtain).
• jānā — root · know
  To perceive, recognize, understand. Cognate: English know, Greek gnōsis.
• ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  Present indicative ending for third person; here combined with mahaṁ (I) to yield first-person sense in the canonical utterance.

Analysis. abhi- (toward, bearing down on) + jānāti (knows) = abhijānāti, "knows directly or fully". The enclitic mahaṁ appended gives the sense "I know" with emphatic first-person reference.

Etymology. √jñā (Sanskrit jñā, cognate with English know, Greek gnōsis) means "to know"; the prefix abhi- (Latin ob-, toward and over) intensifies the knowing into direct, face-to-face recognition. Cognate: English "know", Greek gnōnai.

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

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