kaṇ > jñā > jñāna in other Indo-European Languages (54)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word jñāna denotes “knowledge.” He also provides the cognates of jñāna in other Indo-European languages and dialects:
Pali ñāṇa-; Aśokan i.e., the language of the Inscriptions of Aśoka and Shāhbāzgaṛhī Rock Inscription of Aśoka ñanaṁ; Language of ‘Kharoṣṭhī Inscriptions discovered by Sir Aurel Stein in Chinese Turkestan’ ñana; Prakrit ṇāṇa-; Hindī nārnā; Old Gujarātī nāṇa; Gujarātī nāṇvũ; Sinhalese näna < *nāni, initial n- replaced by j- after jānā́ti and others; Prakrit jāṇa-; Kashmiri zān; Sindhī jāṇu; Panjābī jāṇ; Nepāli, Bengali, and Hindī jān; Gujarātī jāṇ; Marāṭhī j̈āṇ.
All these cognates and the following words related to jñāna originate from the Tamil root kaṇ.
jānánt, “knowing.” ajānant, “not knowing.” najānant, “not knowing.” nájānāti, “does not know.” jānā́ti, “knows.” kṓjānāti, “who knows.” ajña, “ignorant, foolish.” ájñāta, “unknown.” ajñānin-, “ignorant, unwise.” nirjñaka, “stupid.” sarvajña, “omniscient.” jñaptá, “instructed.” jñapti-, “understanding.” jñātá, “known.” jñātaputra, “name of Mahāvīra.” *jñāti, “knowledge.” jñānin, “having knowledge.” víjñapayati, “makes known.” vijñapti, “information, report, request.” vijñā́na, “act of discerning.” *vijñānin, “without knowledge.” *sajāna, “clever.” *sujñānin, “having intelligence.” jñāpyatē, “is made known.” jñāyatē, “is known.” jñēya, “to be known.” ánujānāti, “permits.” *anujñapta, “permitted.” abhijñāna, “sign, token, remembrance.” ā́jānāti, “perceives, understands.” ājñapta, “ordered.” ājñā, “command.” ājñāpayati, “directs, orders.” upajñā, “invented knowledge.” *upajñāna-, “sign.” párijānāti, “notices, learns.” *pijānāti, “knows.” prajñapta, “ordered, arranged.” prajñapti-, “teaching.” prajñā́, “wisdom.” prajñāyatē, “is discovered.” prájñāpayati, “shows, points out.” pratijñā, “promise.” *pratiprajñā, “knowledge.” pratyabhijānāti, “recognises.” saprajña, “endowed with understanding.” sáṁjānāti, “agrees, knows well.” saṁjñā́, “agreement, understanding.” saṁjñā́na, “agreement.” hastasaṁjñā, “sign with the hand.” samabhijānāti, “recognises fully, perceives.” *samājānāti, “recognises.” *samājñāpyatē, “is recognised.”