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jānāmīti

jānāti

1st person singular present indicative with iti marker

1. jānāti (pr): knows; understands
2. jānāti (pr): knows (as)
3. jānāti (pr): finds out; learns; gets to know (if)
4. jānāmi (pr): I know; understand; am aware
5. jānāti (pr): (rightly or wrongly) believes; assumes; considers (someone to be)

Built from

• jānā — root · know, recognize
  Expresses becoming acquainted with or grasping knowledge. Cognate with English 'know' and German 'kennen' from PIE *ĝn̥-.
• mi — ending · 1st singular present
  Active voice first person singular present indicative, marking the speaker as the agent of knowing.
• iti — prefix · thus, so (quotative)
  Particle marking reported or internal speech, often used to frame direct thought or utterance without formal quotation marks.

Analysis. jānāmi + iti: the present indicative stem jānāmi ("I know") followed by the quotative particle iti ("thus, so"), marking reported or internal speech — "I [think/say] thus: I know".

Etymology. From √jñā (Sanskrit jñātā, Vedic jñāti "knows"), cognate with English "know" and German "Kenntnis" through Proto-Indo-European *ĝn̥-. The root's primary sense is "to become acquainted with" or "to recognize"; the present stem jānā- carries the durative aspect.

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

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