द्व

See also: देव, देवृ, and दैव

Translingual

Ligature

द्व (dva)

1. Irregular ligature of द and व

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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←  1	२ 2	3  →
Cardinal: द्व (dva)     Ordinal: द्वितीय (dvitīya)     Adverbial: द्विस् (dvis)     Multiplier: द्विधा (dvidhā), द्वेधा (dvedhā)     Distributive: द्विशस् (dviśas)

Alternative forms

• द्वि (dvi) — combining form

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দ্ব (Assamese script)
• ᬤ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
• দ্ব (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ဒွ (Burmese script)
• દ્વ (Gujarati script)
• ਦ੍ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦢ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂹𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ದ್ವ (Kannada script)
• ទ្វ (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ວ (Lao script)
• ദ്വ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢑᢦ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଦ୍ଵ (Odia script)
• ꢣ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ද්‍ව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭 𑪙𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
• த்³வ (Tamil script)
• ద్వ (Telugu script)
• ทฺว (Thai script)
• དྭ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑩇𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH

Sanskrit द्व

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀 (duua), Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), Latin duo, Old English twā (whence English two), Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak dva, Russian два (dva), Polish dwa.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʋɐ́/, /duʋɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɐ/

Numeral

द्व • (dvá) stem, m or f or n

1. two; both

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of द्व dual nominative द्वौ, द्वा1 dváu, dvā́1 accusative द्वौ, द्वा1 dváu, dvā́1 instrumental द्वाभ्या॑म् dvā́bhyām dative द्वाभ्या॑म् dvā́bhyām ablative द्वाभ्या॑म् dvā́bhyām genitive द्वयोः॑ dváyoḥ locative द्वयोः॑ dváyoḥ vocative द्वौ, द्वा1 dváu, dvā́1 1Vedic. Feminine ā-stem declension of द्वा dual nominative द्वे dvé accusative द्वे dvé instrumental द्वाभ्या॑म् dvā́bhyām dative द्वाभ्या॑म् dvā́bhyām ablative द्वाभ्या॑म् dvā́bhyām genitive द्वयोः॑ dváyoḥ locative द्वयोः॑ dváyoḥ vocative द्वे dvé Neuter a-stem declension of द्व dual nominative द्वे dvé accusative द्वे dvé instrumental द्वाभ्या॑म् dvā́bhyām dative द्वाभ्या॑म् dvā́bhyām ablative द्वाभ्या॑म् dvā́bhyām genitive द्वयोः॑ dváyoḥ locative द्वयोः॑ dváyoḥ vocative द्वे dvé

Derived terms

• द्वं॒द्व (dvaṃdvá)
• द्व॒क (dvaká)

Related terms

• द्व॒य (dvayá)
• द्वि (dví)
• वि (ví)

Descendants

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: دُو (dū)
  • Gawar-Bati: دُو (dū)
  • Indus Kohistani: دُو (dū)
  • Kalami: دُو (dū)
  • Khowar: ݮُ (ǰu)
  • Kalasha: دُو (dū̆)
  • Kashmiri: زٕ (zụ)
  • Grangali: دُو (dū)
  • Palula: دو (dō), دُو (dū)
  • Savi: دُو (dū)
  • Shina: دُو (du)
    • Kohistani Shina: دُو (dū)
    • Ushojo: دُو (dū)
  • Shumashti: دُو (dū)
  • Tirahi: دُو (dū)
  • Torwali: دُو (dū)
  • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: دُو (dū)
• Eastern:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: দুই (dui)
    • Bengali: দুই (dui)
    • Rohingya: dui
  • Bihari:
    • Maithili: दुइ (duɨ)
    • Bhojpuri: दुइ (dui)
      • → Fiji Hindi: dui
• Western:
  • Marwari: दुइ (dui)
  • Sindhi: ٻَه (ḇa)
    • Kachchi: ٻه (ḇa)
  • Saurashtra: ꢣꢷ (dī)
• Southern:
  • Helu Prakrit:
    • Dhivehi: ދެ (de)
    • Sinhalese: දෙක (deka)
  • Marathi: दोन (don), बे (be)
  • Konkani: दोनि (doni)
• Northern:
  • Nepali: दुइ (dui)
  • Garhwali: द्वि (dvi)
• Central:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑁄 (do)
    • Awadhi: दुइ (dui)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: दो (do)

      Urdu: دو (do)

    • Punjabi: ਦੋ (do), ਦੁਇ (dui)
    • Domaaki: دُی (dui)
    • Romani: duj
      • Traveller Norwegian: dy
• Pali: dve, duve
  • → Thai: โท (too)
• → Malay: dwi
• → Telugu: ద్వయము (dvayamu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “द्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 503, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 380