🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

संज्ञाेय

Native Script:संज्ञेय

Pronunciation / Transliteration: samgyeya

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cognizable/ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.zə.bəl/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"यह मामला पुलिस के संज्ञेय अपराध के अंतर्गत आता है।"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Able to be known, perceived, or apprehended by the mind; comprehensible.

    "The subtle shifts in cultural values are barely cognizable to an outside observer."
  2. 2

    Within the jurisdiction of a court or subject to legal trial and determination.

    "The magistrate determined that the financial dispute was indeed a cognizable offense under civil law."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin 'cognoscibilis', meaning 'that may be known', stemming from the verb 'cognoscere' (to get to know, recognize). Entering English in the 17th century, it initially retained philosophical notions of knowability before becoming a specialized technical term primarily used in legal contexts to denote matters within a court's jurisdiction.

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