an etymological journey from the Ganges to the Thames ...... (n.b. In this blog, the symbol ♣ is used to mean “is cognate with.”)
जानना جاننا ♣ Eng. know, notice
[jānnā], v.t. to know, be aware of.
[◀MIA: Pk. jāṇaï ‘knows’; Pa. jānāti ‘knows’ ◀OIA jānā́ti ‘knows’ RV. <√jñā ‘know’ ◀PIE *ĝen-, ĝenǝ-, ĝnē-, ĝnō- ‘to know’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. know, can, cunning ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. notice, notion, gnosis, noble ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0374; (Turner, 1966) 5193, p.290; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 282; (MW, 1899) 0425; (Pokorny, 1959) 0376; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.599
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