दंदान دَنْدان ♣ Eng. tooth, dental

दंदान دَنْدان ♣ Eng. tooth, dental

[dandān], m. a tooth.

[←New Pers. dandān ‘tooth’ ◄Middle Pers. dandān ‘tooth’] ♣[Young Avestan vīmītō.daṇtan- adj. ‘with shapeless teeth (?)’] ♣[OIA dánta- m. ʻtoothʼ RV.; dánt- RV.]

▲[PIE *edont-, dont-, dn̥t- ‘tooth’ <(present participle) <*ed- ‘to eat’] (LRC),(AHD)▼

[PIE► ⋯⋯ ►Eng. tooth, tusk] ♣[PIE► ⋯⋯ →Eng. dental, dentist]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0528; (Turner, 1966) 6152, p.12; (MW, 1899) 0468, 0017; (Pokorny, 1959) 0287; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.693, 1.061; (MacKenzie, 1971) 024; (Horn, 1893) 0574