दत्

See also: दात, दाता, दाते, दातृ, दांत, दांतो, दांतों, दाँत, दाँती, दाँतो, दाँतों, दुत, दूत, दिति, दीति, देता, देती, देतीं, देते, दैत, दोत, दौत, and दंत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

দত্ (Assamese script)
ᬤᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
দত্ (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဒတ် (Burmese script)
દત્ (Gujarati script)
ਦਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ದತ್ (Kannada script)
ទត៑ (Khmer script)
ທຕ຺ (Lao script)
ദത് (Malayalam script)
ᡩᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢑᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ଦତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢣꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
දත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
த³த் (Tamil script)
దత్ (Telugu script)
ทตฺ (Thai script)
ད་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Persian (dandân), Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn), Latin dēns, English tooth.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́t/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐt̪/

Noun

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

a tooth
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.43.3:
  आरोका इव घेदह तिग्मा अग्ने तव त्विषः ।
  दद्भिर्वनानि बप्सति ॥
  ārokā iva ghedaha tigmā agne tava tviṣaḥ.
  dadbhirvanāni bapsati.
  Thy sharpened flames, O Agni, like the gleams of light that glitter through,
  Devour the forests with their teeth.
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
- c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Declension

Masculine at-stem declension of दत्
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दन् (dán)	दन्तौ (dántau) दन्ता¹ (dántā¹)	दन्तः (dántaḥ) दतः (dataḥ)
accusative	दन्तम् (dántam)	दन्तौ (dántau) दन्ता¹ (dántā¹)	दतः (datáḥ)
instrumental	दता (datā́)	दद्भ्याम् (dadbhyā́m)	दद्भिः (dadbhíḥ)
dative	दते (daté)	दद्भ्याम् (dadbhyā́m)	दद्भ्यः (dadbhyáḥ)
ablative	दतः (datáḥ)	दद्भ्याम् (dadbhyā́m)	दद्भ्यः (dadbhyáḥ)
genitive	दतः (datáḥ)	दतोः (datóḥ)	दताम् (datā́m)
locative	दति (datí)	दतोः (datóḥ)	दत्सु (datsú)
vocative	दन् (dán)	दन्तौ (dántau) दन्ता¹ (dántā¹)	दन्तः (dántaḥ)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

दन्त (dánta) (thematized from strong stem)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “दत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 467, column 2.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “dánt-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 693-694