How to pronounce the Sanskrit word "Jnana"?

Question

Namaste

It means "knowledge", does it not?

thank you in advance for your kind answer

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Answer 1

gyan

Answer 2

gyan means knowledge.....

Answer 3

I disagree with previous. It is not pronounced as 'gee-aan'.

It is pronounced as 'gya-aan'. Think it to rhyme with the english word 'Barn' which is 'baa-arn'.

In sanskrit, it is obviously spelt as jnana only. In hindi, it is spelt as 'gyan'.

Jnana = "Knowledge"

Edited

Reply to your edit:

Ok, its a little complex. Its the first of the two that you have mentioned. I cant print the hindi font here, but basically these are two different alphabets in the devnagri script.

'Ghee' has the alphabet Gha' (pronounced just as in the country name 'Gha-na'). Its diffferent from the other alphabet.

'Gyan' has the softer alphabet Ga'

(dont confuse with the Gy part pronounced as in the english word 'gy-ro-scope'; here 'Gya' becomes a single sound)

Update: I just did a little search and came up with this excellent site mentiioned below.

Look at the list of Consonants for the 3rd one and the 4th one.

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hindi.ht...

Answer 4

it is gyan. it will be pronounced as g in goat.

Answer 5

it is prounounced as geeaan and it is spellled as gyan  

Answer 6

Gyan. Thanks.