द्व
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Translingual
Ligature
द्व (dva)
Sanskrit
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| Cardinal: द्व (dva) Ordinal: द्वितीय (dvitīya) Adverbial: द्विस् (dvis) Multiplier: द्विधा (dvidhā), द्वेधा (dvedhā) Distributive: द्विशस् (dviśas) | ||
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)
Declension
| dual | |
|---|---|
| nominative | द्वौ (dvaú) द्वा¹ (dvā́¹) |
| accusative | द्वौ (dvaú) द्वा¹ (dvā́¹) |
| instrumental | द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām) |
| dative | द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām) |
| ablative | द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām) |
| genitive | द्वयोः (dváyoḥ) |
| locative | द्वयोः (dváyoḥ) |
| vocative | द्वौ (dvaú) द्वा¹ (dvā́¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| dual | |
|---|---|
| nominative | द्वे (dvé) |
| accusative | द्वे (dvé) |
| instrumental | द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām) |
| dative | द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām) |
| ablative | द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām) |
| genitive | द्वयोः (dváyoḥ) |
| locative | द्वयोः (dváyoḥ) |
| vocative | द्वे (dvé) |
| dual | |
|---|---|
| nominative | द्वे (dvé) |
| accusative | द्वे (dvé) |
| instrumental | द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām) |
| dative | द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām) |
| ablative | द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām) |
| genitive | द्वयोः (dváyoḥ) |
| locative | द्वयोः (dváyoḥ) |
| vocative | द्वे (dvé) |
Descendants
Descendants
See also
- द्वि (dvi)
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