जिज्ञासते
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́íȷ́naHsatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́íȷ́naHsatay, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₃-ǵneh₃-setoy, from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑíd͡ʑ.ɲɑː.sɐ.tɐj/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d͡ʑid͡ʑ.ɲɑː.s̪ɐ.t̪eː/
Verb
जिज्ञासते • (jíjñāsate) third-singular indicative (type A, root ज्ञा)
- desiderative of ज्ञा (jñā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “जिज्ञासते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 425.