दात

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi दांत (dāṃta), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀤𑀁𑀢 (daṃta), from Sanskrit दन्त (danta). Cognate with Gujarati દાંત (dā̃t), Hindi दाँत (dā̃t), Punjabi ਦੰਦ (dand), Bengali দাঁত (dãt), Assamese দাঁত (dãt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪at̪/

Noun

दात • (dāt) m

1. (anatomy) tooth

Declension

Declension of दात (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	दात dāt
direct plural	दात dāt
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	दात dāt		दात dāt
oblique सामान्यरूप	दाता dātā		दातां- dātān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	दाताला dātālā		दातांना dātānnā
ergative	दाताने, दातानं dātāne, dātāna		दातांनी dātānnī
instrumental	दाताशी dātāśī		दातांशी dātānśī
locative सप्तमी	दातात dātāt		दातांत dātāt
vocative संबोधन	दाता dātā		दातांनो dātānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of दात (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	दाताचा dātāċā	दाताचे dātāċe	दाताची dātācī	दाताच्या dātācā	दाताचे, दाताचं dātāċe, dātāċa	दाताची dātācī	दाताच्या dātācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	दातांचा dātānċā	दातांचे dātānċe	दातांची dātāñcī	दातांच्या dātāncā	दातांचे, दातांचं dātānċe, dātānċa	दातांची dātāñcī	दातांच्या dātāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दात”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दांत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dánta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press