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Alternative scripts

জ্ঞা (Assamese script)
ᬚ᭄ᬜᬵ (Balinese script)
জ্ঞা (Bengali script)
𑰕𑰿𑰗𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀚𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဇ္ဉာ (Burmese script)
જ્ઞા (Gujarati script)
ਜ੍ਞਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦘꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂔𑂹𑂖𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಜ್ಞಾ (Kannada script)
ជ្ញា (Khmer script)
ຊ຺ຎາ (Lao script)
ജ്ഞാ (Malayalam script)
ᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘕𑘿𑘗𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠽᡛᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦵𑧠𑦷𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐖𑑂𑐘𑐵 (Newa script)
ଜ୍ଞା (Odia script)
ꢙ꣄ꢛꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆘𑇀𑆚𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖕𑖿𑖗𑖯 (Siddham script)
ඥා (Sinhalese script)
𑩣 𑪙𑩥𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚑𑚶𑚓𑚭 (Takri script)
ஜ்ஞா (Tamil script)
జ్ఞా (Telugu script)
ชฺญา (Thai script)
ཛྙཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒖𑓂𑒘𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨥𑩇𑨓𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ȷ́naH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰnaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Latin gnōscō, Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō), Old English cnawan (English know), and Russian знать (znatʹ).

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɑː/

ज्ञा • (√jñā)

to know

जानाति (jānā́ti, Present)
ज्ञास्यति (jñāsyáti, Future)
ज्ञाता (jñātā́, Periphrastic Future)
अज्ञासीत् (ájñāsīt, Aorist)
जज्ञौ (jajñáu, Perfect)

ज्ञायते (jñāyáte, Passive)
अज्ञायि (ájñāyi, Passive)
ज्ञापयति (jñāpáyati, Causative)
अजिज्ञपत् (ájijñapat, Causative)
जिज्ञासते (jijñāsate, Desiderative)
जाज्ञायते (jājñāyate, Intensive)
जाज्ञेति (jājñeti, Intensive)

ज्ञात (jñātá, Past Participle)
ज्ञातुम् (jñātum, Infinitive)
ज्ञातोस् (jñātos, Infinitive)
ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā́, Gerund)

ज्ञान (jñāna, “knowledge”)
अज्ञान (ajñāna, “ignorance”)
विज्ञान (vijñāna, “cognitive capacity, discernment, intelligence; proficiency; consciousness”)
प्रज्ञान (prajñāna, “knowledge, wisdom, intelligence”)
प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom”)
संज्ञा (saṃjñā, “noun, consciousness”)
अज्ञ (ajña, “ignorant; inexperienced; unconscious; stupid”)
ज्ञानी (jñānī, “knowledgeable, wise”)
अज्ञानी (ajñānī, “ignorant, unwise”)
ज्ञेय (jñeya, “knowable”)
अज्ञेय (ajñeya, “unknowable”)
अज्ञेयवाद (ajñeyavāda, “agnosticism”)

Monier Williams (1899) “ज्ञा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 425, column 2.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 56
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 599-601