ਦੰਦ
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta)), from Sanskrit दन्त (dánta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdántas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪ənd̪ə̆/
Noun
ਦੰਦ • (dandă) m (Shahmukhi spelling دند)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ਦੰਦ (dand) | ਦੰਦ (dand) |
| oblique | ਦੰਦ (dand) | ਦੰਦਾਂ (dandā̃) |
| vocative | ਦੰਦਾ (dandā) | ਦੰਦੋ (dando) |
| ablative | ਦੰਦੋਂ (dandõ) | — |
| locative | ਦੰਦੇ (dande) | ਦੰਦੀਂ (dandī̃) |
| instrumental | ਦੰਦੇ (dande) | ਦੰਦੀਂ (dandī̃) |
Derived terms
- ਦੰਦ ਚਿਕਿਤਸਾ f (dand cikitsā, “dentistry”)
- ਦੰਦੀ ਵੱਢਣੀ (dandī vaḍḍhaṇī, “to bite off”)
- ਦੰਦ ਕੱਢਣੇ (dand kaḍḍhaṇe, “to grin”)
- ਦੰਦ ਝੜਣੇ (dand jhaṛṇe, “To fall out (of teeth)”)
- ਦੰਦ ਖੱਟੇ ਹੋਣਾ (dand khaṭṭe hoṇā, “to set teeth on edge; to be disheartened, defeated”)
- ਦੰਦ ਖੱਟੇ ਕਰਨਾ (dand khaṭṭe karnā, “to set teeth on edge; to dishearten, discourage, frustrate, defeat”)
- ਦੰਦ ਲੱਗਣਾ, ਮਾਰਨਾ (dand laggaṇā, mārnā, “to bite”)
- ਦੰਦ ਪੀਹਣੇ (dand pīhṇe, “to gnash one's teeth”)
- ਦੰਦਾਂ ਉਂਗਲੀ ਉਂਗਲੀ ਦੇਣਾ (dandā̃ uṅgalī uṅgalī deṇā, “To place forefinger between teeth in astonishment, remorse, amazement, wonderment, repentance”)
- ਦੰਦ ਵੱਜਣੇ (dand vajjaṇe, “to chatter teeth”)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dánta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 352
- “ਦੰਦ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਦੰਦ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.