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Translingual
Ligature
द्व (dva )
Irregular ligature of द and व
Sanskrit
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
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
Numeral
द्व • (dvá )
two , both
Declension
Descendants
Descendants
Dardic:
Dameli: ( dū )
Gawar-Bati: ( dū )
Indus Kohistani: ( dū )
Kalami: ( dū )
Khowar: ݮُ ( ǰu )
Kalasha: ( dū̆ )
Kashmiri: زٕ ( zụ )
Grangali: ( dū )
Phalura: ( dō ) , ( dū )
Savi: ( dū )
Shina: دُو ( du )
Kohistani Shina: دُو ( dū )
Ushojo: دُو ( dū )
Shumashti: ( dū )
Tirahi: ( dū )
Torwali: ( dū )
Wotapuri-Katarqalai: ( dū )
Eastern:
Magadhi Prakrit:
Assamese: দুই ( dui )
Bengali: দুই ( dui )
Rohingya: dui
Bihari:
Maithili: दुइ ( duɨ )
Bhojpuri: दुइ ( dui )
Western:
Marwari: दुइ ( dui )
Sindhi: 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: ( dui )
Romani: duj
Pali: dve , duve
→ Malay: dwi
→ Telugu: ద్వయము ( dvayamu )
See also
References
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