دندان

Persian

Alternative forms

دندون‎ (dandun) (colloquial Tehrani)
دند‎ (dand) (clipped)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (KKA, dnd’n’ /dandān/, “tooth”), from Proto-Iranian *Hdantán-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dandɑːn/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /dandɑːn/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /dændɒːn/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /dandɔn/

(Hamdan) IPA^(key): /dendɒːn/
(Tehran) IPA^(key): /danduːn/
Audio (Iranian Persian) (file)

Noun

Iranian Persian	دندان
Dari	دندان
Tajik	дандон (dandon)

دندان • (dandân) (plural دندان‌ها‎ (dandân-hâ))

tooth
purging croton (Croton tiglium)

Related terms

دندانی‎ (dandâni)
دندان‌پزشک‎ (dandân-pezešk)
دندان‌پزشکی‎ (dandân-pezeški)

Descendants

→ Bengali: দান্দান (dandan)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: दन्दान (dandān)
- Urdu: دندان‎ (dandān)
→ Old Armenian: դանդան (dandan)

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “دندان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Vullers, Johann August (1855), “دندان”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, pages 909a–910a

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (dandân). Doublet of دانت‎ (dā̃t).

Noun

دندان • (dandān) m (Hindi spelling दन्दान)

tooth

Synonyms

دانت‎ (dā̃t)

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