দান্ত

দান্ত

Early Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit দন্ত (dánta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts (compare Persian دندان‎ (dandân)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (compare Lithuanian dantis, Greek δόντι (dónti) French dent, Welsh dant, English tooth).

Noun

দান্ত (danto)

1. tooth; teeth

   চৱৰ চম্পট কিল লাঠিৰ প্ৰহাৰ ।
   দান্তে নখে আঞ্চৰিয়া কৰিলোঁ বিদাৰ ॥

   coworo compoṭo kilo laṭhiro proharo ,
   dante nokhe añcoriya korilö̐ bidaro .

   Slap compoṭo hitting, stick's beating,
   tore by scratching by teeth and nail.

2. tusk (of elephants or boar)
3. fang (of snakes)

Descendants

• Assamese: দাঁত (dãt)