दो

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See also: दै, दाः, and द

Hindi

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	20
← 1	२ 2	3 →
Cardinal: दो (do) Ordinal: दूसरा (dūsrā), दूजा (dūjā), द्वितीय (dvitīya) Adverbial: दोबारा (dobārā), दुबारा (dubārā) Multiplier: दोगुना (dogunā), दुगना (dugnā), दोहरा (dohrā) Collective: दोनों (donõ) Fractional: आधा (ādhā)

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪oː/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Hindi दो (do), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁄 (do), from Sanskrit द्व (dvá) (also duváu and duvā́), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Marathi दोन (don), Gujarati બે (be), Bengali দুই (dui), Nepali दुई (duī), Konkani दोन (don), Punjabi ਦੋ (do), Maithili दू (dū), Bhojpuri दू (dū), and distantly English two.

Numeral

दो • (do) (native script symbol २, Urdu spelling دو) (cardinal)

two (2)

Etymology 2

Verb

दो • (do) (Urdu spelling دو)

inflection of देना (denā):
1. second-person plural subjunctive
2. second-person plural present imperative: give
मुझे पैसे दो ― mujhe paise do ― Give me the money!

References

Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 241
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “do”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 380
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दो”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐw/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪oː/

Root

दो • (do)

Alternative form of दा (dā, “to divide, mow”)

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