Where does “ज्ञानी” come from?
ज्ञानी (Hindi) comes from Sanskrit ज्ञानिन्, from Sanskrit ज्ञान, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
ज्ञानी (Hindi): knowledgeable, wise
Definitions
- knowledgeable, wise
Ancestry of “ज्ञानी”, step by step
ज्ञानी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sanskrit ज्ञानिन्
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | ज्ञानिन् | knowing, endowed with knowledge or intelligence,... |
| 2 | 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) |
| 3 | Sanskrit | ज्ञा | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́naH- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰnaH- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via Sanskrit ज्ञानी
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | ज्ञानी | — |