दाँत

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

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दांत (dā̃t)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts

Sanskrit दत् (dat)

Sanskrit दन्त (danta)

Prakrit दंत (daṃta)

Hindi दाँत

Inherited from Prakrit दंत (daṃta), from Sanskrit दन्त (danta). Doublet of दंत (dant) and दंदान (dandān). Cognate with Gujarati દાંત (dā̃t), Marathi दात (dāt), Punjabi ਦੰਦ / دند (dand), Bengali দাঁত (dãt), Assamese দাঁত (dãt). Distantly cognate with English tooth, French dent.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑ̃ːt̪/, [d̪ä̃ːt̪]

• Audio (Delhi):

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Noun

दाँत • (dā̃t) m (Urdu spelling دانت)

1. tooth

   Synonyms: खादन (khādan), दंत (dant), दंदान (dandān)

2. tusk

Declension

Declension of दाँत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दाँत dā̃t	दाँत dā̃t
oblique	दाँत dā̃t	दाँतों dā̃tõ
vocative	दाँत dā̃t	दाँतो dā̃to

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दाँत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दन्त (dánta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪ä̃t̪]
• Phonetic Devanagari: दाँत्

Noun

दाँत • (dā̃t)

1. tooth, teeth
2. teeth of a gear

References

• “दाँत”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “दाँत”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar