द्व

See also: देव, देवृ, and दैव

Translingual

Ligature

द्व (dva)

1. Irregular ligature of द and व

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀 (duua), Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), Latin duo, and Old English twā (English two), Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak dva, Russian два (dva), Polish dwa.

Numeral

द्व • (dvá)

1. two, both

Descendants

• Pali: dve, duve
• Prakrit:
  • Elu:
    • Sinhalese: දෙක (deka)
  • Magadhi:
    • Bengali: দুই (dui)
    • Bhojpuri: दुइ (dui)
      • Fiji Hindi: dui
  • Sauraseni: 𑀤𑁄 (do)
    • Hindi: दो (do)
    • Punjabi: ਦੋ (do)
    • Urdu: دو (do)
• Telugu: ద్వయము (dvayamu)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0503