দান্ত

Old Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit দন্ত (dánta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts (compare Persian دندان‎ (dandân)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (compare Lithuanian dantis, Greek δόντι (dónti) French dent, Welsh dant, English tooth).

Noun

দান্ত (danto)

  1. tooth; teeth
    চৱৰ চম্পট কিল লাঠিৰ প্ৰহাৰ ।
    দান্তে নখে আঞ্চৰিয়া কৰিলোঁ বিদাৰ ॥
    coworo compoṭo kilo laṭhiro proharo ,
    dante nokhe añcoriya koriló̐ bidaro .
    Slap compoṭo hitting, stick's beating,
    teared by scratching by teeth and nail.
  2. tusk (of elephants or boar)
  3. fang (of snakes)

Descendants
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