دو

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See also: ذو and Appendix:Variations of "du"

Baluchi

Etymology

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).

Numeral

دو • (do)

  1. two

Noun

دو • (do)

  1. two (digit)

Gilaki

Numeral

دو (do)

  1. two

Persian

Etymology 1

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..

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dū, du, dō
Dari reading? du
Iranian reading? do
Tajik reading? du

Numeral

Persian numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 ۲
2 		3  → 
    Cardinal: دو (do)
    Ordinal: دوم (dovvom)
Dari دو
Iranian Persian
Tajik ду

دو • (do) (Persian numeral ۲)

  1. two

Noun

دو • (do)

  1. two (digit)

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

دو • (du, dû)

  1. (dialectal, Dashtestan, Khesht) doogh, a carbonated or non-carbonated yoghurt drink.

Etymology 3

Verb

دو • (dav, dow)

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

Etymology 4

Noun

دو • (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)

Punjabi

Western Panjabi numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 ۲
2 		3  → 
    Cardinal: دو
    Ordinal: دوجا
    Collective: دوویں
    Fractional: ادھا

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪oː/
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Numeral

دو • (do) (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੋ)

  1. two

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Numeral

Urdu numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 ۲
2 		3  → 
    Cardinal: دو (do)
    Ordinal: دُوسْرا (dūsrā), دُوجا (dūjā), دوم (dom)
    Multiplier: دُگْنا (dugnā), دوگُنا (dogunā), دوہْرا (dohrā)
    Distributive: دُونا (dūnā)
    Collective: دونوں (donõ)
    Fractional: آدھا (ādhā), نِصْف (nisf), نیم (nem)

دو • (do) (Hindi spelling दो)

  1. two

See also

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