دندان

Persian

Alternative forms

• (colloquial Tehrani) دندون (dandun)

Etymology

From Middle Persian KKA, dnd’n’ (dandān, “tooth”), from Proto-Iranian *Hdantán- (compare Kurdish, Baluchi دنتان (dantán), Avestan dantan-, dātā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts (compare Sanskrit दत् (dát), Hindi दाँत (dā̃t)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”) (compare Lithuanian dantis, Greek δόντι (dónti), French dent, Welsh dant, English tooth).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dændɒːn/

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• (dialectal, Hamadan) IPA^(key): /dendɒːn/

Noun

Dari	دندان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дандон

دندان • (dandân) (plural دندان‌ها (dandân-hâ))

1. tooth

Related terms

• دندانی (dandâni)
• دندان‌پزشک (dandân-pezešk)
• دندان‌پزشکی (dandân-pezeški)
  

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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian دندان (dandân).

Noun

دندان • (dandān) m (Hindi spelling दन्दान)

1. tooth

Synonyms

• دانت (dānt, dā̃t)