ज्ञ

See also: ज्ञा

Translingual

Ligature

ज्ञ (jña, gya)

1. In Devanagari an irregular ligature of ज and ञ.

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡjə/, [ɡjɐ]

Ligature

ज्ञ • (jña)

1. In Hindi, an irregular ligature of ज (ja) and ञ (ña)

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɲə/

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Ligature

ज्ञ • (jña)

1. In Marathi an irregular ligature of ज (ja) and ञ (ña)

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡj]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ग्य्

Ligature

ज्ञ • (gy)

1. In Nepali an irregular ligature of ज (ja) and ञ (ña), considered its own letter, and hence the last letter of the Nepali alphabet.

See also

• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ऌ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ क्ष,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ ^{(Category: Nepali letters) [edit]}

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জ্ঞ (Assamese script)
• ᬚ᭄ᬜ (Balinese script)
• জ্ঞ (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰿𑰗 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑁆𑀜 (Brahmi script)
• ဇ္ဉ (Burmese script)
• જ્ઞ (Gujarati script)
• ਜ੍ਞ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑍍𑌞 (Grantha script)
• ꦘ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂹𑂖 (Kaithi script)
• ಜ್ಞ (Kannada script)
• ជ្ញ (Khmer script)
• ຊ຺ຎ (Lao script)
• ജ്ഞ (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᠨᡳᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘿𑘗 (Modi script)
• ᠽᡛᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧠𑦷 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑑂𑐘 (Newa script)
• ଜ୍ଞ (Odia script)
• ꢙ꣄ꢛ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑇀𑆚 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖿𑖗 (Siddham script)
• ඥ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣 𑪙𑩥 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚶𑚓 (Takri script)
• ஜ்ஞ (Tamil script)
• జ్ఞ (Telugu script)
• ชฺญ (Thai script)
• ཛྙ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑓂𑒘 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑩇𑨓 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɲɐ/

Ligature

ज्ञ • (jña)

1. In Sanskrit an irregular ligature of ज (ja) and ञ (ña)

Noun

ज्ञ • (jña) stem, ?

1. A wise and learned man
2. The sentient soul
3. The planet Mercury
4. The planet Mars

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मङ्गल

5. An epithet of Brahmā

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “ज्ञ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]