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jānaṁ

jānāti

nominative singular masculine present participle (jānaṁ, jānant-), agreeing with agent; from jānāti 'knows'

1. knowing
2. understanding
3. recognizing

Built from

• jā — root · know, recognize
  From *gn̥h₂-, the Indo-European root underlying Greek gignṓskō and English 'know'. The concrete sense is 'to recognize a mark or sign'.
• na — ending · present participle nominative singular masculine
  The -na suffix forms present active participles; nominative singular masculine agrees with the subject.

Etymology. √jñā (Sanskrit jñāti 'knows'), cognate with Greek gignṓskō and English know. The root belongs to the Indo-European *gn̥-h₂- 'to know' family, showing the typical zero-grade *gn̥- that appears in English 'know' and German 'kennen'.

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

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