दत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀𐬥-‎ (dantan-), 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬁‎ (dātā), Persian (dandân)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Further cognates include Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn), Latin dēns and Old English tōþ (English tooth).

Noun

दत् • (dát) m (taking the form दन्त (dánta) in the strong cases)

a tooth

Descendants

Assamese: দাঁত (dãt)
Bengali: দাঁত (dānta)
Gujarati: દાંત (dā̃t)
Hindi: दांत (dānt), दाँत (dā̃t)

Nepali: दाँत (dā̃t)
Oriya: ଦାନ୍ତ (dantô)
Pali: danta
Sylheti: ꠖꠣꠔ (dat)

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0467

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