# जानाति
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* jānāti (Latin script)
* 𑀚𑀸𑀦𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* জানাতি (Bengali script)
* ජානාති (Sinhalese script)
* ဇာနာတိ or ၹႃၼႃတိ (Burmese script)
* ชานาติ (Thai script)
* ᨩᩣᨶᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ຊານາຕິ (Lao script)
* ជានាតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄎𑄂𑄚𑄂𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

जानाति (jānāti)
* Devanagari script form of jānāti

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* जानीते (jānīte) — ātmanepada

### Alternative scripts

* জানাতি (Assamese script)
* ᬚᬵᬦᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* জানাতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰕𑰯𑰡𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀚𑀸𑀦𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဇာနာတိ (Burmese script)
* જાનાતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਜਾਨਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌜𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦗꦴꦤꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂔𑂰𑂢𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಜಾನಾತಿ (Kannada script)
* ជានាតិ (Khmer script)
* ຊານາຕິ (Lao script)
* ജാനാതി (Malayalam script)
* ᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘕𑘰𑘡𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠽᠠᢗᠨᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦵𑧑𑧁𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐖𑐵𑐣𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଜାନାତି (Odia script)
* ꢙꢵꢥꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆘𑆳𑆤𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖕𑖯𑖡𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ජානාති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩣𑩛𑩯𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚑𑚭𑚝𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* ஜாநாதி (Tamil script)
* జానాతి (Telugu script)
* ชานาติ (Thai script)
* ཛཱ་ནཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒖𑒰𑒢𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨥𑨊𑨝𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (“to know”), from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (zāna$^i$ti), Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 (x-š-n-a-s-a-h-y /⁠xšnāsāhiy⁠/), Old Church Slavonic знати (znati), Russian знать (znatʹ), Old English cnāwan (whence English know).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /d͡ʑɑː.nɑ́ː.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d͡ʑɑːˈn̪ɑː.t̪i/

### Verb

जानाति • (jānā́ti) third-singular indicative (class 9, type P, present, root ज्ञा)
* to know, have knowledge, become acquainted with
* to perceive, apprehend, understand, experience, recognize, ascertain, investigate
* to know as, know or perceive that, regard or consider as
** (with मृषा (mṛṣā)) to consider as untrue
* to acknowledge, approve, allow
* to recognize as one's own, take possession of
* to visit as a friend
* to remember
* to engage in
* to make known, announce, teach anything
* to inform any one (with genitive) that
* to request, ask
* to wish to know or become acquainted with or learn, investigate, examine
* to wish for information about
* to conjecture

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Dameli: [script needed] (zān)
** Kalasha: [script needed] (ǰhonem)
** Kashmiri: زانُن (zānun)
** Khowar: ژانک (žaník)
** Phalura: جھون (ǰhōn)
** Shumashti: [script needed] (zāni)
** Torwali: جن (ǰan)
* Pali: jānāti
* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀦𑀢𑀺 (jānati)
** Central:
*** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇 (jāṇaï)
**** Awadhi: जानब (jānab)
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (jāṇadi)
**** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
***** Hindustani:
    Hindi: जानना (jānnā)
    Urdu: جاننا (jānnā)
**** Romani: ʒanel, janel, zsánel, zhanel (Anglicized), džanel (Pan-Vlax)
***** → Romanian: gini (“to notice, to observe, to pay attention to”)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (yāṇadi)
**** Bengali-Assamese:
***** Assamese: জানা (zana), জনা (zona)
***** Bengali: জানা (jana)
***** Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠘꠣ (zana)
**** Bihari:
***** Bhojpuri: जानल (jānal)
***** Maithili: जानब (jānab)
**** Odia: ଜାଣିବା (jāṇibā)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Garhwali: जाण्नु (jāṇnu)
**** Kumaoni: जाण्णो (jāṇṇo)
**** Nepali: जान्नु (jānnu)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਜਾਣਨਾ (jāṇnā)
    Shahmukhi script: جاننا (jānnā)
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڄَاڻَڻُ
    Devanagari script: ॼाणणु
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ދަންނަނީ (dan̊nanī)
**** Sinhalese: දන්නවා (dannawā)
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀇 (jāṇaï), 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (jāṇadi) — Śaurasenī, 𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (yāṇadi) — Māgadhī, 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇 (jāṇāi)
**** Konkani: jāṇce
    Devanagari script: जाण्चे
    Kannada script: ಜಾಣ್ಚೆ
    Latin script: zannche
**** Old Marathi: jāṇaṇe
    Modi script: 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹
    Devanagari script: जाणणे
***** Marathi: जाणणे (jāṇṇe)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀤𑀺 (jāṇadi)
**** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
***** Old Gujarati: जाणिवउं (jāṇivaũ)
****** Gujarati: જાણવું (jāṇvũ)
****** Marwari: जाणणौ (jāṇṇau)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “ज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 425, column 2.