𑀤𑀁𑀢
Maharastri Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit दन्त (dánta) / दत् (dát), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hdántas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdántas, from *Hdánts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Cognate with Pali danta.
Noun
𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta) m
- tooth
- c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 508:
- 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀅𑀲𑀺𑀘𑀅𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀑𑀭𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂𑀡 𑀤𑀁𑀢-𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕𑁂𑀡
𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀫𑀸𑀆 𑀢𑁄𑀲𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 𑀡𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀓𑀮𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀯 𑀫𑀼𑀳𑁂𑀡- vāuddhaäsicaävihāviorudiṭṭheṇa daṃta-maggeṇa
vahumāā tosijjaï ṇihāṇakalasassa va muheṇa
- 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
- When the wind tossed up the wife’s skirt, exposing the tooth marks on her thighs,
Her mother was thrilled, as if she had hit upon the lid of a pot of gold.
- When the wind tossed up the wife’s skirt, exposing the tooth marks on her thighs,
- vāuddhaäsicaävihāviorudiṭṭheṇa daṃta-maggeṇa
- 𑀯𑀸𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀅𑀲𑀺𑀘𑀅𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀑𑀭𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂𑀡 𑀤𑀁𑀢-𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕𑁂𑀡
Declension
| Declension of 𑀤𑀁𑀢 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁄 (daṃto) | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā) |
| Accusative | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀁 (daṃtaṃ) | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂 (daṃte) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā) |
| Instrumental | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀡 (daṃteṇa) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀡𑀁 (daṃteṇaṃ) | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀳𑀺 (daṃtehi) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (daṃtehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀅 (daṃtāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀑 (daṃtāo) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀉 (daṃtāu) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀳𑀺 (daṃtāhi) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (daṃtāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 (daṃtassa) | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀡 (daṃtāṇa) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀡𑀁 (daṃtāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (daṃtammi) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂 (daṃte) | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀼 (daṃtesu) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (daṃtesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta) or 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā) | 𑀤𑀁𑀢𑀸 (daṃtā) |
Descendants
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari: दांत (dāṃta)
- Modi: 𑘟𑘰𑘽𑘝 (dāṁta)
- Marathi: दात (dāt)
References
- Alfred C. Woolner (1917) An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 112
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “dánta (6152)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press