द्व

See also: देव, देवृ, and दैव

Translingual

Ligature

द्व (dva)

1. Irregular ligature of द and व

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	२ 2	3  →
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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH

Sanskrit द्व (dva)

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): /dʋɐ́/, /duʋɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɐ/

Numeral

द्व • (dvá)

1. two, both

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of द्व

	dual
nominative	द्वौ (dváu) द्वा¹ (dvā́¹)
accusative	द्वौ (dváu) द्वा¹ (dvā́¹)
instrumental	द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām)
dative	द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām)
ablative	द्वाभ्याम् (dvā́bhyām)
genitive	द्वयोः (dváyoḥ)
locative	द्वयोः (dváyoḥ)
vocative	द्वौ (dváu) द्वा¹ (dvā́¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of द्वा

	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)

Neuter a-stem declension of द्व

	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

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: [script needed] (dū)
  • Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (dū)
  • Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (dū)
  • Kalami: [script needed] (dū)
  • Khowar: ݮُ (ǰu)
  • Kalasha: [script needed] (dū̆)
  • Kashmiri: زٕ (zụ)
  • Grangali: [script needed] (dū)
  • Phalura: [script needed] (dō), [script needed] (dū)
  • Savi: [script needed] (dū)
  • Shina: دُو (du)
    • Kohistani Shina: دُو (dū)
    • Ushojo: دُو (dū)
  • Shumashti: [script needed] (dū)
  • Tirahi: [script needed] (dū)
  • Torwali: [script needed] (dū)
  • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (dū)
• Eastern:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: দুই (dui)
    • Bengali: দুই (dui)
    • Rohingya: dui
  • Bihari:
    • Maithili: दुइ (duɨ)
    • Bhojpuri: दुइ (dui)
      • → Fiji Hindi: dui
• Western:
  • Marwari: दुइ (dui)
  • Sindhi: ٻه (ḇa)
    • Kachchi: 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: [script needed] (dui)
    • Romani: duj
      • Traveller Norwegian: dy
• Pali: dve, duve
  • → Thai: โท (too)
• → Malay: dwi
• → Telugu: ద్వయము (dvayamu)

See also

• द्वि (dvi)

Further reading

• 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