द्व

Translingual

Ligature

द्व (dva)

1. Irregular ligature of द and व

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Avestan 𐬛𐬬𐬀 (dva), Ancient Greek δύο (duo), Latin duo, and Old English twā (English two), Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak dva, Russian два (dva) .

Numeral

द्व (dvá)

1. two, both

Descendants

• Bengali: দুই
• Hindi: दो
• Urdu: دو

References

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