दाँत دانت ♣ Eng. tooth, dental

दाँत دانت ♣ Eng. tooth, dental

[dā̃t], m. a tooth.

[◀MIA: Pk. daṁta- m. ‘tooth, part of a mountain’; Pa. danta- m. ‘tooth, tusk’ ◀OIA dánta- m. ‘tooth’ RV. (♣√ad ‘to eat’)◀PIE *edont-, dont-, dn̥t- ‘biting, tooth’ <*ed- ‘to eat, bite’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. tooth, tusk ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. dental, dentist, dandelion ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0503; (Turner, 1966) 6152, p.12; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 313; (MW, 1899) 0468; (Pokorny, 1959) 0287; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.693, 1.061