दत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hdánts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀𐬥 (dantan), 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬁 (dātā), Persian دندان (dandân)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”) (compare Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), ὀδών (odṓn), Latin dēns, Old English tōþ (whence English tooth)).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. a tooth
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Declension

    Declension of दत्

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दन् (dán)
Vocative	दन् (dán)
Accusative	दन्तम् (dántam)
Instrumental	दता (datā́)	दद्भ्याम् (dadbhyā́m)	दद्भिः (dadbhíḥ)
Dative	दते (daté)	दद्भ्याम् (dadbhyā́m)	दद्भ्यः (dadbhyáḥ)
Ablative
Genitive	दतः (datáḥ)
Locative

Descendants

• Assamese: দাঁত (dãt)
• Bengali: দাঁত (dãt)
• Gujarati: દાંત (dā̃t)
• Hindi: दांत (dānt), दाँत (dā̃t)

• Nepali: दाँत (dā̃t)
• Odia: ଦାନ୍ତ (dānta)
• Pali: danta
• Sylheti: ꠖꠣꠔ (dat)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0467.