# दन्त
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* danta (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* দন্ত (Bengali script)
* දන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* ဒန္တ or ၻၼ္တ or ၻၼ်တ (Burmese script)
* ทนฺต or ทันตะ (Thai script)
* ᨴᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ທນ຺ຕ or ທັນຕະ (Lao script)
* ទន្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Noun

दन्त m
* Devanagari script form of danta “tooth”

#### Declension
### Adjective

दन्त
* Devanagari script form of danta “made of ivory”

#### Declension
### Adjective

दन्त
* Devanagari script form of danta, which is past participle of दमेति (dameti, “to train”)
* restrained

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

* দন্ত (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
* দন্ত (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ဒန္တ (Burmese script)
* દન્ત (Gujarati script)
* ਦਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ದನ್ತ (Kannada script)
* ទន្ត (Khmer script)
* ທນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
* ദന്ത (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଦନ୍ତ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
* දන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* த³ந்த (Tamil script)
* దన్త (Telugu script)
* ทนฺต (Thai script)
* ད་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdántas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónt-o-s, thematized from *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Latin dēns, Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), English tooth.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐ́n.tɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ɐn̪.t̪ɐ/

### Noun

दन्त • (dánta) stem, m or n
* tooth
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* an elephant's tusk, ivory
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* the point of an arrow
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

#### Usage notes

Neuter-gendered form occurs in Rāmāyaṇa VI, 82, 28.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

#### Related terms

* दत् (dat)

#### Borrowed terms

* Balinese: ᬤᬦ᭄ᬢ (danta)
* Malay: danta (biological)
* Malayalam: ദന്തം (dantaṁ)
* Tamil: தந்தம் (tantam)
* Telugu: దంతము (dantamu)

#### Descendants

* Pali: danta
* Prakrit: 𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Awadhi: दाँत (dā̃t)
**** Domari: ḍanḍ
**** Gujarati: દાંત (dā̃t)
**** Hindustani: dā̃t
***** Hindi: दाँत
***** Urdu: دان٘ت
**** Romani: dand
** Dardic:
*** Dameli: dan
*** Gawar-Bati: دنت (dant)
*** Grangali: daṅ
*** Indus Kohistani: دان (dān)
*** Kalasha: dandóyak
*** Kashmiri: دَنٛد (dand)
*** Khowar: دون (don)
*** Phalura: دان (dān)
*** Savi: dānd
*** Shina: دون (do̯n)
*** Shumashti: dandem
*** Wotapuri-Katarqalai: dan
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Early Assamese: দান্ত (danto)
***** Assamese: দাঁত (dãt)
**** Bengali: দাঁত (dãt)
**** Bihari:
***** Bhojpuri: दाँत (dā̃t)
***** Maithili: दाँत (dā̃t)
**** Odia: ଦାନ୍ତ (dānta)
**** Sylheti: ꠖꠣꠔ (dat)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: दाँत (dā̃t)
***** Kumaoni: दाँत (dā̃t)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: दाँत (dā̃t)
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: दन्त (dant)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ދަތް (dat̊)
**** Sinhalese: දත (data)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Konkani:
    Devanagari script: दांतु
    Kannada script: ದಾಂತು
    Latin script: dantu
**** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: दांत (dāṃta)
    Modi script: 𑘟𑘰𑘽𑘝 (dāṃta)
***** Marathi: दात (dāt)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Punjabi: danda
    Gurmukhi script: ਦੰਦ
    Shahmukhi script: دَندَ
***** Lahnda: دند (dand), ڈند (ḍand)
**** Sindhi: ḍ̠andu
    Arabic script: ڏَندُ
    Devanagari script: ॾंदु
***** Kachchi: ડાંધ (ḍā̃dh)
* → Old Javanese: danta
** > Javanese: ꦢꦼꦤ꧀ꦠ (denta) (inherited)
** → Balinese: ᬤᬦ᭄ᬢ (danta)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दन्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0468.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “danta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press