द्व

See also: देव, देवृ, and दैव

Translingual

Ligature

द्व (dva)

1. Irregular ligature of द and व

---

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬤ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
• দ্ৱ (Assamese script)
• দ্ব (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌦𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
• દ્વ (Gujarati script)
• ꦢ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
• ದ್ವ (Kannada script)
• ဒွ (Burmese script)
• 𑐡𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଦ୍ଵ (Oriya script)
• ꢣ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ద్వ (Telugu script)
• དྭ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta 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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɐ/

Numeral

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	२ 2	3  →
Cardinal: द्व (dva)     Ordinal: द्वितीय (dvitīya)     Adverbial: द्विस् (dvis)     Multiplier: द्विधा (dvidhā)     Distributive: द्विशस् (dviśas)

द्व • (dvá)

1. two, both

Descendants

• Helu:
  • Dhivehi: ދެ‎ (de)
  • Sinhalese: දෙක (deka)
• Dardic: *dú
  • Kashmiri: زٕ‎ (zụ)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: দুই (dui)
  • Bengali: দুই (dui)
  • Bhojpuri: दुइ (dui)
    • → Fiji Hindi: dui
  • Rohingya: dui
• Pali: dve, duve
  • → Thai: โท (too)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑁄 (do)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: दो (do)

    Urdu: دو‎ (do)

  • Punjabi: ਦੋ (do)
• → Malay: dwi
• → Telugu: ద్వయము (dvayamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “द्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0503.