𑀤𑀁𑀢

Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit दन्त (dánta, “tooth”). Cognate with Pali danta.

Noun

𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta) m (Devanagari दंत, Kannada ದಂತ) (Maharastri)

1. tooth
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 508:

     𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀅𑀲𑀺𑀘𑀅𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀑𑀭𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂𑀡 𑀤𑀁𑀢-𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕𑁂𑀡
     𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀫𑀸𑀆 𑀢𑁄𑀲𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 𑀡𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀓𑀮𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀯 𑀫𑀼𑀳𑁂𑀡

     vāuddhaasicaavihāviorudiṭṭheṇa daṃta-maggeṇa
     vahumāā tosijjaï ṇihāṇakalasassa va muheṇa

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       When the wind tossed up the wife’s skirt, exposing the tooth marks on her thighs,
       Her mother was thrilled, as if she had hit upon the lid of a pot of gold.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀤𑀁𑀢 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁄 (daṃto)	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā)
Accusative	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀁 (daṃtaṃ)	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂 (daṃte) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā)
Instrumental	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀡 (daṃteṇa) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀡𑀁 (daṃteṇaṃ)	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀳𑀺 (daṃtehi) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (daṃtehiṃ)
Dative	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀅 (daṃtāa)	—
Ablative	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀑 (daṃtāo) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀉 (daṃtāu) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀳𑀺 (daṃtāhi) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (daṃtāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 (daṃtassa)	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀡 (daṃtāṇa) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀡𑀁 (daṃtāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (daṃtammi) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂 (daṃte)	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀼 (daṃtesu) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (daṃtesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā)	𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā)

Descendants

• Old Marathi:
  • Devanagari script: दांत (dāṃta)
  • Modi script: 𑘟𑘰𑘽𑘝 (dāṃta)
    • Marathi: दात (dāt)

References

• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 112.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dánta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press