# दन्तकार
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪ənt̪.kɑːɾ/, [d̪ɐ̃n̪t̪.käːɾ]

### Noun

दन्तकार • (dantkār) m
* alternative form of दंतकार (dantkār)

#### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative scripts

* dantakāra (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* দন্তকার (Bengali script)
* දන‍්තකාර (Sinhalese script)
* ဒန္တကာရ or ၻၼ္တၵႃရ or ၻၼ်တၵႃရ (Burmese script)
* ทนฺตการ or ทันตะการะ (Thai script)
* ᨴᨶ᩠ᨲᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ທນ຺ຕກາຣ or ທັນຕະກາຣະ (Lao script)
* ទន្តការ (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

दन्तकार m
* Devanagari script form of dantakāra

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দন্তকাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬦ᭄ᬢᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* দন্তকার (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဒန္တကာရ (Burmese script)
* દન્તકાર (Gujarati script)
* ਦਨ੍ਤਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦤ꧀ꦠꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ದನ್ತಕಾರ (Kannada script)
* ទន្តការ (Khmer script)
* ທນ຺ຕກາຣ (Lao script)
* ദന്തകാര (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠠᠨᢠᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠠᠨᢐᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧁𑧠𑦽𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଦନ୍ତକାର (Odia script)
* ꢣꢥ꣄ꢡꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* දන‍්තකාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* த³ந்தகார (Tamil script)
* దన్తకార (Telugu script)
* ทนฺตการ (Thai script)
* ད་ནྟ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From दन्त (danta, “teeth; ivory”) +‎ -कार (-kāra).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐn.tɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ɐn̪.t̪ɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

दन्तकार • (dantakāra) stem, m
* ivorysmith
** c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.83.12–15:मणिकाराश् च ये केचित् कुम्भकाराश् च शोभनाः । सूत्रकर्मकृतश् चैव ये च शस्त्रोपजीविनः ॥ मायूरकाः क्राकचिका रोचकाः वेधकास् तथा । दन्तकाराः सुधाकारास् तथा गन्धोपजीविनः ॥ सुवर्णकाराः प्रख्यातास् तथा कम्बलधावकाः । स्नापकोष्णोदका वैद्या धूपकाः शौण्डिकास् तथा ॥ रजकास् तुन्नवायाश् च ग्रामघोषमहत्तराः । शैलूषाश् च सह स्त्रीभिर् ययुः कैवर्तकास् तथा ॥maṇikārāś ca ye kecit kumbhakārāś ca śobhanāḥ. sūtrakarmakṛtaś caiva ye ca śastropajīvinaḥ. māyūrakāḥ krākacikā rocakāḥ vedhakās tathā. dantakārāḥ sudhākārās tathā gandhopajīvinaḥ. suvarṇakārāḥ prakhyātās tathā kambaladhāvakāḥ. snāpakoṣṇodakā vaidyā dhūpakāḥ śauṇḍikās tathā. rajakās tunnavāyāś ca grāmaghoṣamahattarāḥ. śailūṣāś ca saha strībhir yayuḥ kaivartakās tathā.All those who were jewellers, potters, carpenters, armourers, makers of articles with peacock-feathers, perforators of shells and ornaments, ivorysmiths, plasterers, perfumers, goldsmiths, woollen-washers, hot-water bathers, physicians, incense-makers, liquor-vendors, washermen, tailors, village headmen, actors, fishermen, along with women, all went [following Bharata].

#### Descendants

* Pali: dantakāra
* Prakrit: 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀭 (daṃtāra)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “दन्तकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 468.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “दन्तकार”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 801