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pajānāmi

pajānāti

pr 1st sg of pajānāti (verb); imp 1st sg of pajānāti (verb)

1. knows; knows clearly; understands; distinguishes; lit. actively knows

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifies and directionalizes the root sense, making the knowing active and distinct rather than passive or vague. Works like Latin pro-.
• jānā — stem · know, come to know
  3rd-person present stem built on √jñā (to know). Cognate with English 'know', Greek gnṓ-skō, Latin nōscō, Sanskrit jñāti.
• mi — ending · 1st sg pres.
  Present indicative first-person singular ending, marking the subject as the speaker themselves in an active, ongoing action.

Etymology. pa- (forward, forth, out) + √jñā (to know), lit. 'knowing that steps forth', knowing distinctly and actively. The root √jñā is cognate with English 'know', Greek gnṓ-skō, Latin nōscō, and Sanskrit jñāti; the prefix pa- intensifies and directionalizes the sense toward clarity and discrimination.

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

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