दत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Avestan dantan-, dātā, Persian دندان (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)

1. a tooth

Descendants

• Bengali: দাঁত (dānta)
• Gujarati: દાંત (dā̃t)
• Hindi: दांत (dāṁt), दाँत (dā̃t)
• Nepali: दाँत (dā̃t)

References

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