دندان

What it means

دندان (dandân) means “tooth.” Native Persian word from Old Persian *dantān-, related to Latin “dent-” (as in dental, dentist) and English “tooth” through deep Indo-European ancestry.

How to use it

• دندانم درد می‌کند (dandân-am dard mikonad) “My tooth hurts”
• دندان‌هایم را مسواک زدم (dandân-hâ-yam râ mesvâk zadam) “I brushed my teeth”
• دندان شیری (dandân-e shiri) “milk tooth, baby tooth”

Common pairings

• دندان‌پزشک (dandân-pezeshk) “dentist”
• دندان‌پزشکی (dandân-pezeshki) “dentistry”
• درد دندان (dard-e dandân) “toothache”
• دندان عقل (dandân-e aql) “wisdom tooth” (literally “tooth of wisdom”)
• مسواک (mesvâk) “toothbrush”

References

• Dehkhoda
• Vajehyab