दो

See also: दै, दाः, and द

Hindi

Hindi numbers ^(edit)

	20
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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)

1. two (2)

Etymology 2

Verb

दो • (do) (Urdu spelling دو)

1. 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

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দো (Assamese script)
• ᬤᭀ (Balinese script)
• দো (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰺 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• ဒေါ (Burmese script)
• દો (Gujarati script)
• ਦੋ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍋 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦺꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂷 (Kaithi script)
• ದೋ (Kannada script)
• ទោ (Khmer script)
• ໂທ (Lao script)
• ദോ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠣ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘻 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠣᠸᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧜 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑀 (Newa script)
• ଦୋ (Odia script)
• ꢣꣂ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆾 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖺 (Siddham script)
• දො (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩕 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚴 (Takri script)
• தே³ா (Tamil script)
• దో (Telugu script)
• โท (Thai script)
• དོ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒼 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨆 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Root

दो • (do)

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