ਦੰਦ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta)), from Sanskrit दन्त (dánta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdántas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ənd̪ə̆/

Noun

ਦੰਦ • (dandă) m (Shahmukhi spelling دند)

1. tooth

   Synonym: ਡੰਦ (ḍand)

Declension

Declension of ਦੰਦ

	singular	plural
direct	ਦੰਦ (dand)	ਦੰਦ (dand)
oblique	ਦੰਦ (dand)	ਦੰਦਾਂ (dandā̃)
vocative	ਦੰਦਾ (dandā)	ਦੰਦੋ (dando)
ablative	ਦੰਦੋਂ (dandõ)	—
locative	ਦੰਦੇ (dande)	ਦੰਦੀਂ (dandī̃)
instrumental	ਦੰਦੇ (dande)	ਦੰਦੀਂ (dandī̃)

Derived terms

• ਦੰਦ ਚਿਕਿਤਸਾ f (dand cikitsā, “dentistry”)
• ਦੰਦੀ ਵੱਢਣੀ (dandī vaḍḍhaṇī, “to bite off”)
• ਦੰਦ ਕੱਢਣੇ (dand kaḍḍhaṇe, “to grin”)
• ਦੰਦ ਝੜਣੇ (dand jhaṛṇe, “To fall out (of teeth)”)
• ਦੰਦ ਖੱਟੇ ਹੋਣਾ (dand khaṭṭe hoṇā, “to set teeth on edge; to be disheartened, defeated”)
• ਦੰਦ ਖੱਟੇ ਕਰਨਾ (dand khaṭṭe karnā, “to set teeth on edge; to dishearten, discourage, frustrate, defeat”)
• ਦੰਦ ਲੱਗਣਾ, ਮਾਰਨਾ (dand laggaṇā, mārnā, “to bite”)
• ਦੰਦ ਪੀਹਣੇ (dand pīhṇe, “to gnash one's teeth”)
• ਦੰਦਾਂ ਉਂਗਲੀ ਉਂਗਲੀ ਦੇਣਾ (dandā̃ uṅgalī uṅgalī deṇā, “To place forefinger between teeth in astonishment, remorse, amazement, wonderment, repentance”)
• ਦੰਦ ਵੱਜਣੇ (dand vajjaṇe, “to chatter teeth”)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dánta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 352
• “ਦੰਦ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਦੰਦ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.