Re: From Tibet Snow to Beauty Parlors
puraane zamaane men kia…aaj bhii rural India meN iste’maal hotaa hai…maiN ne Khud bachpan meN use kiyaa hai emergency meN jab dant-manjan [dental powder] Khatm ho jaataa thaa…
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dan.t = daaNt in Hindi
dandaaN = daaNt in Farsi/urdu
dental = daaNt [se related] in English**
sound so similar and i wonder if they have common etymology of these words.