From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdántā , from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dént-ō ~ *h₃dn̥t-nés , from *h₃dent- ( “ tooth ” ) + *-ō .
*Hdántā m [ 1]
tooth
Central Iranian:
Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀𐬥 ( dantan ) , 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬁 ( dātā )
→ Middle Persian: ( /dād/ , “ tooth ” )
Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] ( dʾt' )
Pazend script: 𐬛𐬁𐬝 ( dāt̰ )
Northeastern Iranian:
Proto-Scythian: *dandā
Proto-Sarmatian: *dandā
⇒ Alanic: *dændag ( + *-ag )
Southeastern Iranian:
Parachi: دنان ( danān )
Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami-Munji: *dændǣn
Northwestern Iranian:
Baluchi: دنتان ( dantán ) , دتھاں ( dathán ) , دتان ( datán )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: didan , diran
Central Kurdish: دِدان ( didan ) , دِیان ( diyan ) , دان ( dan )
Southern Kurdish: دِگان ( digan ) , دِنان ( dinan )
Laki: دِیان ( diyan )
Medo-Parthian:
Caspian:
Gilaki: دٚندَن ( dəndan )
Mazanderani-Shahmirzadi:
Mazanderani: دنون ( dannùn ) , دندون ( dandùn )
Shahmirzadi: دنون ( dannùn )
Proto-Komisenian:
Sangisari: دنون ( danùn )
Sorkhei: دنان ( dennān )
Old Median:
Old Azari: دندان ( dandān ~ dundān )
Sivandi: دندا ( dindā )
Parthian: 𐫅𐫗𐫅𐫀𐫗 ( dndʾn /dandān/ )
→ Old Armenian: դանդան ( dandan )
Zaza-Gurani:
Southwestern Iranian:
Old Persian: *dantā
Middle Persian: ( /dandān/ )
Manichaean script: 𐫅𐫗𐫅𐫀𐫗 ( dndʾn )
Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] ( dntʾn' ) , [Book Pahlavi needed] ( KKA )
Pazend script: 𐬛𐬀𐬥𐬛𐬅𐬥 ( dandą̇n )
Classical Persian: دندان ( dandān ) (see there for further descendants )
Northern Luri: دنۏ ( denö )
^ Rastorgujeva, V. S. , Edelʹman, D. I. (2000– ) “*dant-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages ] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 329