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ajānaṁ

ajānāti

3rd person singular present indicative of ajānāti (or nominative singular masculine present participle ajānaṁ)

1. does not know
2. is ignorant of
3. fails to recognize

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)- (atheist, anonymous).
• jān — root · know
  To apprehend, recognize, understand. Cognate with English know, Latin gnōscere, Greek gignskein.
• āti — ending · 3rd person singular present
  The thematic present ending marks third person singular active voice, indicating ongoing action in present time.

Analysis. a- (not, without) + jānāti (knows); negation of the root √jñā 'to know'.

Etymology. a- (negation prefix, cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-) + √jñā (to know, cognate with English know, Latin gnōscere, Greek gnōnai). The compound expresses absence of knowledge, a central concept in early Buddhist thought where ignorance (avijjā) is the root of suffering.

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

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