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
- well-educated person
Ancestry of “ปัญญาชน”, step by step
ปัญญาชน traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai ปัญญา
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ปัญญา | wisdom; knowledge; intelligence |
| 2 | Pali | paññā | wisdom; insight, understanding |
| 3 | Sanskrit | प्रज्ञा | feminine singular nominative of प्रज्ञ; wisdom,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | ज्ञा | to know |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́naH- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ǰnaH- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via Thai ชน
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ชน | to collide with; to converge a period; to make... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | जन | generating; person, human being, human; race,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ánHas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ánHas | race, group of people |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónh₁os | birth; offspring |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |