Hindi · noun

दाँत

dā̃t‘hard mouth part’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
tooth
tooth
French
dent
dent
Hindi
दाँतdā̃t
दाँत
Telugu
పల్లుpallu
పల్లు
Tamil
பல்pal
பல்
  • toothEnglish⟷dentFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • toothEnglish⟷दाँतHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • dentFrench⟷दाँतHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • பல்Tamil⟷పల్లుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01दाँत (dā̃t) is a Hindi noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('hard mouth part') can be approximated as HAVE(PART, BODY) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03दाँत is inherited from Sanskrit दन्त danta ‘tooth’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:tooth-skt-hi0.70
    • sourcecdial0.70
  4. 04दाँत is cognate with en tooth (confidence 0.80).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:tooth-cog0.80
    • sourcewatkins0.80
  5. 05Aligned forms: English tooth (cognate); French dent (cognate); Tamil பல் (pal) (translation equivalent); Telugu పల్లు (pallu) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. दन्त dantaSanskrit— inherited →दाँत accepted
    cdial0.70
  2. toothEnglish— cognate →दाँत accepted
    watkins0.80