दत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hdánts (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”).

Cognates:

Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀𐬥‎ (dantan), 𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬁‎ (dātā), Persian ‎ (dandân), Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), ὀδών (odṓn), Latin dēns, Old English tōþ (whence English tooth)).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́t/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐt̪/

Noun

दत् • (dát) m (taking the form दन्त (dánta) in the strong cases)

a tooth
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.43.3:
  आरोका इव घेदह तिग्मा अग्ने तव त्विषः ।
  दद्भिर्वनानि बप्सति ॥
  ārokā iva ghedaha tigmā agne tava tviṣaḥ .
  dadbhirvanāni bapsati .
  Thy sharpened flames, O Agni, like the gleams of light that glitter through,
  Devour the forests with their teeth.
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
- c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Declension

Masculine at-stem declension of दत् (dat)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दन् dán	- -	दतः dataḥ
Vocative	दन् dán	- -	- -
Accusative	दन्तम् dántam	- -	दतः datáḥ
Instrumental	दता datā́	दद्भ्याम् dadbhyā́m	दद्भिः dadbhíḥ
Dative	दते daté	दद्भ्याम् dadbhyā́m	दद्भ्यः dadbhyáḥ
Ablative	- -	- -	दद्भ्यः dadbhyáḥ
Genitive	दतः datáḥ	- -	- -
Locative	- -	- -	- -

Related terms

दन्त (dánta)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “दत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0467.

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