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Jnani

Wise; possessing knowledge

Jnani means “Wise; possessing knowledge”.

Origin language
Sanskrit / Hindi
First letter
J
Historical records
25,903

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Jnani mean?

Jñānin is a Sanskrit adjective for someone endowed with knowledge. The form Jnani can also function as a respectful title for a learned spiritual teacher.

Pronunciation

IAST: jñānī

Meaning themes

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

ज्ञानी

Letter-by-letter: jñānī

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Jnani in Indian usage

25,903 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.

  • Recorded as female: 11,548 records (44.6%).
  • Recorded as male: 14,355 records (55.4%).

By birth decade

Jnani: records by birth decade1930s: 1,0371930s1940s: 2,3581940s1950s: 3,9331950s1960s: 5,7691960s1970s: 5,3341970s1980s: 4,5931980s1990s: 2,5941990sOther decades: 285Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1930s1,037
1940s2,358
1950s3,933
1960s5,769
1970s5,334
1980s4,593
1990s2,594
Other decades285

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Bihar6,926
Madhya Pradesh5,611
Uttar Pradesh5,066
Rajasthan3,291
Jharkhand1,967
Haryana1,739
Himachal Pradesh777
Maharashtra171
Uttarakhand164
Other states191
How to read these numbers

Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.

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Sources

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. Monier-Williams, jñānin, p. 426,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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