Where does “বৈজ্ঞানিক” come from?
বৈজ্ঞানিক (Bengali) comes from Bengali বিজ্ঞান, from Sanskrit विज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
বৈজ্ঞানিক (Bengali): scientific
Definitions
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Ancestry of “বৈজ্ঞানিক”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengali | বিজ্ঞান | science |
| 2 | Sanskrit | विज्ञान | science; knowledge; wisdom |
| 3 | Sanskrit | ज्ञान | knowing, becoming acquainted with, knowledge, (esp.) the higher knowledge (in Buddhism, pure awareness free from conceptual constructs; in Hinduism, true knowledge of the Self's identity with the Ultimate Reality) |
| 4 | Sanskrit | ज्ञा | to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́naH- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰnaH- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |