saññaṁ

saññā

accusative singular feminine of saññā (perception)

perception, recognition
mental label, notion
sign, mark

Built from

sam — prefix · together, with
Spatial image of bringing things into one unified whole; here, collecting sense-impressions into coherent perception.
jñā — root · know, recognize
Indo-European *gno-, appearing in English 'know', Greek gnōsis, Latin cognoscere. The root captures the act of becoming acquainted with something.
ā — ending · accusative feminine
The accusative case marks saññaṁ as the direct object of a verb, often implying the object of consciousness or attention.

Etymology. From sam- (together) + √jñā (know, recognize): the bringing-together of sense-data into recognized patterns. Related to Sanskrit saṁjñā and English cognate 'know' (from Indo-European *gno-).

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

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