दत्

See also: दात, दाता, दातृ, दांत, दांतो, दांतों, दाँत, दाँती, दाँतो, दाँतों, दुत, दूत, दिति, दीति, देता, देती, देतीं, देते, दैत, दोत, दौत, and दंत

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdáns (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Persian دندان (dandân), Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn), Latin dēns, English tooth.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. 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 (dát)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दन् dán	दन्तौ / दन्ता¹ dántau / dántā¹	दन्तः / दतः dántaḥ / dataḥ
Vocative	दन् dán	दन्तौ / दन्ता¹ dántau / dántā¹	दन्तः dántaḥ
Accusative	दन्तम् dántam	दन्तौ / दन्ता¹ dántau / dántā¹	दतः datáḥ
Instrumental	दता datā́	दद्भ्याम् dadbhyā́m	दद्भिः dadbhíḥ
Dative	दते daté	दद्भ्याम् dadbhyā́m	दद्भ्यः dadbhyáḥ
Ablative	दतः datáḥ	दद्भ्याम् dadbhyā́m	दद्भ्यः dadbhyáḥ
Genitive	दतः datáḥ	दतोः datóḥ	दताम् datā́m
Locative	दति datí	दतोः datóḥ	दत्सु datsú
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• दन्त (dánta)

References

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