دندان

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Persian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian (dntʾn'), 𐫅𐫗𐫅𐫀𐫗 (dndʾn /⁠dandān⁠/), from Old Persian *dantā, from Proto-Iranian *Hdántā (tooth),[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdántā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dént-ō ~ *h₃dn̥t-nés, from *h₃dent- (tooth) +‎ *-ō.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? dandān
Dari reading? dandān
Iranian reading? dandân
Tajik reading? dandon
  • (Hamdan) IPA(key): /dendɒːn/
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari دندان
Iranian Persian
Tajik дандон

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

  1. tooth
  2. purging croton (Croton tiglium)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 329

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, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 909a–910a

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دندان (dandān). Doublet of دانت (dā̃t).

Noun

دندان (dandānm (Hindi spelling दन्दान)

  1. tooth

Synonyms