the tooth of an animal; especially the tusk of an elephant, boar etc. and the fang of a dog, wolf etc.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
zàn‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡zan.na/
Etymology
From Lombardic zan (“tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Compare German Zahn (“tooth”). Doublet of dente.