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pajānāti

pr 3rd sg of pajānāti (verb)

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

Built from

• pa — prefix · forth, forward
  Intensifying prefix meaning forward and out ahead. Cognate with Latin/Greek pro- and English forth; concrete sense of stepping out becomes knowing that emerges distinctly.
• jānā — root · know
  Sanskrit jānāti, Latin gnōscō (recognize). From Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (know, recognize); the same root appears in English know and German kennen.
• ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  Present indicative active ending for 3rd person singular, marking the verb as a simple statement of current action or habitual fact.

Etymology. pa- (forth, forward, intensifying) + √jñā (know), cognate with Sanskrit jānāti and Latin gnōscō (recognize, know); the prefix pa- gives the sense of knowing that steps forth distinctly, hence "knowing clearly" rather than mere awareness.

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

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