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paṭijānamānaṁ

paṭijānāti

present participle, middle voice, nominative singular masculine (paṭijānamāna) — 'acknowledging, admitting, confessing'

1. to acknowledge
2. to admit
3. to confess

Built from

• paṭi — prefix · back, against
  Facing something directly or turning back to acknowledge it; works like Latin contra- or Greek pros-.
• jān — root · know
  Core sense: to recognize, to come to know. Related to Sanskrit jñā, English 'ken' (to know), Greek ginōskō.
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  Attaches the root to verb inflections in the present system.
• māna — ending · present participle, middle
  Middle voice with active sense; nominative singular masculine -ṁ: 'one who is acknowledging', concurrent action in a subordinate clause.

Analysis. paṭi- (back, against) + jānāti (knows) — to know back toward oneself, i.e., to own up to or recognize something brought back to one's attention.

Etymology. √jñā 'to know' (Sanskrit jānāti, English 'ken', cognate with Greek ginōskō). The prefix paṭi- adds the sense of turning back or facing something directly — knowing it as directed at or pertaining to oneself.

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

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