دو

From Proto-Iranian *dwáH (compare Persian دو (do), Northern Kurdish du, Pashto دوه (dwa), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀 (duua)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH (compare Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Hindi दो (do)/Urdu دو (do), Punjabi ਦੋ (do)), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (compare Russian два (dva), Greek δύο (dýo), Spanish dos, English two).

دو • (do)

1. two

دو • (do)

1. two (digit)

Perhaps borrowed from an Indo-Aryan descendant of Sanskrit दोस् (dos, “forearm”).^[1]

دُو (dū)

1. (anatomy) hand

• Bray, Denys (1934) “dū”, in The Brahui Language‎, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 101

دو (do)

1. two

Inherited from Sanskrit द्व (dva). Compare Hindi दो (do).

• IPA^(key): /d̪oː/

دو (do)

1. meaning two

From Middle Persian 𐭲𐭥𐭩𐭭 (tʿyn /⁠dō⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *dwáH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Indo European cognates include Northern Kurdish du, Pashto دوه (dwa), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀 (duua), Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Hindi दो (do)/Urdu دو (do), Punjabi ਦੋ (do), Russian два (dva), Lithuanian du, Greek δύο (dýo), Spanish dos, English two, etc..

دو • (du／do) (Persian numeral ۲)

1. two

دو • (du／do)

1. two

Ultimately derived from Italian do.

دو • (dō／do)

1. (music) C, Do (the first note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
2. (music) Do (the first note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the tonic)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

دو • (daw／dow)

1. present stem of دویدن (dawīdan／davidan, “to run”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Dashtestan, Khesht) IPA^(key): /duː/

دو • (du)

1. Colloquial form of دوغ (dōğ／duğ)

Inherited from Sanskrit द्व (dva). Compare Hindi दो (do).

• IPA^(key): /d̪oː/

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دو • (do) (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੋ)

1. two

Inherited from Sanskrit द्व (dvá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare also Persian دو (do).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪oː/

دو • (do) (Hindi spelling दो)

1. two

• ۲ (2)