Where does “ปัญญาชน” come from?

ปัญญาชน (Thai) comes from Thai ปัญญา, from Pali paññā, from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा, from Sanskrit ज्ञा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

ปัญญาชน (Thai): well-educated person

Definitions

  1. well-educated person

Ancestry of “ปัญญาชน”, step by step

ปัญญาชน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai ปัญญา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiปัญญาwisdom; knowledge; intelligence
2Palipaññāwisdom; insight, understanding
3Sanskritप्रज्ञाfeminine singular nominative of प्रज्ञ; wisdom,...
4Sanskritज्ञाto know
5Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́naH-
6Proto-Indo-IranianǰnaH-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Thai ชน

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiชนto collide with; to converge a period; to make...
2Sanskritजनgenerating; person, human being, human; race,...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanȷ́ánHas
4Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ánHasrace, group of people
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónh₁osbirth; offspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ǰnaH-Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ȷ́naH-
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