द्व

See also: देव, देवृ, and दैव

Translingual

Ligature

द्व (dva)

Irregular ligature of द and व

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, 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.

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

**Sanskrit numbers (edit)**
	20
← 1	२ 2	3 →
Cardinal: द्व (dva) Ordinal: द्वितीय (dvitīya)

द्व • (dvá)

two, both

Descendants

Malay: dwi
Pali: dve, duve
- Burmese: ဒုတိယ (du.ti.ya.)
- Thai: โท (too)
Prakrit:
- Elu:
  - Sinhalese: දෙක (deka)
- Magadhi:
  - Bengali: দুই (dui)
  - Bhojpuri: दुइ (dui)
    - Fiji Hindi: dui
  - Rohingya: 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

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