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sañjānāmi

sañjānāti

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

1. knows; knows as; perceives; conceives; recognizes; lit. knows together

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Brings things into one; here, unifies the object of perception into a recognized whole.
• jānā — root · know, perceive
  Cognate with Sanskrit jñā, Greek gno- (know). The concrete sense is 'to apprehend' or 'come to know'.
• mi — ending · 1st sg present
  Marks first person singular present indicative (or imperative in context). From Indo-European *-mi, the primary present ending.

Analysis. saṁ (together) + √jñā (know): knowing that brings things together, i.e. recognizes or perceives as a unified whole.

Etymology. √jñā cognate with Sanskrit jñā, Greek *gno- (know, recognize; English know, Latin gnōscō, German kennen). The prefix saṁ- (together) transforms simple knowing into recognition—perceiving how things cohere or belong together.

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

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