دانت

• IPA^(key): /daːnt/

دَانَتْ • (dānat) (form I)

1. third-person feminine singular past active of دَانَ (dāna)

From Middle Hindi دانت (dā̃t /⁠dānt⁠/) / داند (dā̃d /⁠dānd⁠/), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta), from Sanskrit दन्त (dánta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdántas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónt-o-s, thematized from *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Doublet of دندان.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑ̃ːt̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ːt̪

دان٘ت • (dā̃t) m (Hindi spelling दाँत)

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. (anatomy) tusk

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