prajna
/ˈpɹɑːd͡ʒnə/noun
prajna is a noun meaning “Wisdom; understanding; insight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-R-A-J-N-A, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Prajna, the name).
What does prajna mean?
noun
- 1
Wisdom; understanding; insight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce prajna?
- /ˈpɹɑːd͡ʒnə/
- /ˈpɹʌd͡ʒnə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is prajna?
Prajna appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Prajna, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Prajna in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (Buddhism) wisdom; understanding; insight:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | pregnia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does prajna come from?
From Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).