As a Hindi name
दांत · adj
जिसका दमन किया गया हो । वशीभूत । दबाया हुआ · जिसने इंद्रियों को वश में कर लिया हो । जिसका शरीर तप आदि का क्लेश सह सके · जो दाँत का बना हों — Śabdasāgara
दांत · noun · masculine
मैनफल · पहाड़ पर की बावली · विदर्भ के राजा भीमसेन के दूसरे पुत्र जो दमयंती के भाई थे — Śabdasāgara
दांत
dental (relating to the teeth); restrained, subdued
दाँत · masculine
tooth; tusk
Platts (p. 503) also records: Tooth; tusk (of an elephant, or a boar)
Cited formation "दांत" is दां + -त: दां means "corr. of dāṅw", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दान्त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दान्त (dānta).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. dānta mfn. (√ dam) tamed, broken in, restrained, subdued
mild, patient, Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdánts Sanskrit दत् (dat) Sanskrit दन्त (danta) Prakrit दंत (daṃta) Hindi दाँत Inherited from Prakrit दंत (daṃta), from Sanskrit दन्त (danta). Doublet of दंत (dan…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Tamed, subdued, overpowered, curbed, restrained, bridled; see dam. 2 Docile, tame, mild. 3 Self-possessed, self-controlled; 4 Subdued, conquered, vanquished; 5 Resigned. 6 Liberal.…
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M1 · same meaning "dāṃta" is the vocative of "dānta" — the same word in a different grammatical case. (The spelling "dāṃta" is looked up as "dānta" — a standard final-sound spelling variant.)
M1 · same meaning "dāṃta" is the vocative of "dāntā" — the same word in a different grammatical case. (The spelling "dāṃta" is looked up as "dānta" — a standard final-sound spelling variant.)
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Dictionary citations
dāṃta p. p. [dam -kartari kta] 1 Tamed, subdued, overpowered, curbed, restrained, bridled; see dam. 2 Docile, tame, mild. 3 Self-possessed, self-controlled; U. 5. 4 Subdued, conquered, vanquished; U. 5. 33. 5 Resigned. 6 Liberal. 7 Dental. 8 Patient of bodily (pb) mortifications or austerities &c. — taḥ 1 A tamed ox. 2 A donor. 3 N. of a tree (damanaka).
dāṃta, dāṃtiḥ See under dam.
1. dānta mfn. (√ dam) tamed, broken in, restrained, subdued
mild, patient, Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
dāntā (ā), f. of an Apsaras, MBh. xiii, 1425.
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