Tuesday, July 21, 2009

अनाड़ी اناڑی ♣ Eng. un- + know

अनाड़ी اناڑی ♣ Eng. un- + know

[anāṛī], adj. unskillful, awkward, inexperienced, unversed.

[◀MIA: Pk. aṇṇāṇi(ya)- ‘foolish’; Pa. aññāṇin- ‘ignorant’ ◀OIA ajñānin-, f. -inī ‘ignorant, unwise’ MW. <+②a- ‘un-, -less’ (♣Eng. un- ) <jñāna- n. ‘knowledge’ ŚāṅkhŚr. <√jñā ‘know’ ◀PIE *ĝen-, ĝenǝ-, ĝnē-, ĝnō- ‘to know, recognize’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. know, can, cunning ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. notice, notion, gnosis, noble ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0085; (Turner, 1966) 162, 5281, p.290; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 014; (MW, 1899) 0425, ② 0001; (Pokorny, 1959) 0376, ② 0756; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.599, ② 1.035

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