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)     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

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/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɐ/

Numeral

द्व • (dvá)

1. two, both

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of द्व (dvá)
	Dual
Nominative	द्वौ / द्वा¹ dvaú / dvā́¹
Vocative	द्वौ / द्वा¹ dvaú / dvā́¹
Accusative	द्वौ / द्वा¹ dvaú / dvā́¹
Instrumental	द्वाभ्याम् dvā́bhyām
Dative	द्वाभ्याम् dvā́bhyām
Ablative	द्वाभ्याम् dvā́bhyām
Genitive	द्वयोः dváyoḥ
Locative	द्वयोः dváyoḥ
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of द्वा (dvā́)
	Dual
Nominative	द्वे dvé
Vocative	द्वे dvé
Accusative	द्वे dvé
Instrumental	द्वाभ्याम् dvā́bhyām
Dative	द्वाभ्याम् dvā́bhyām
Ablative	द्वाभ्याम् dvā́bhyām
Genitive	द्वयोः dváyoḥ
Locative	द्वयोः dváyoḥ

Neuter a-stem declension of द्व (dvá)
	Dual
Nominative	द्वे dvé
Vocative	द्वे dvé
Accusative	द्वे dvé
Instrumental	द्वाभ्याम् dvā́bhyām
Dative	द्वाभ्याम् dvā́bhyām
Ablative	द्वाभ्याम् dvā́bhyām
Genitive	द्वयोः dváyoḥ
Locative	द्वयोः dváyoḥ

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
      • Kalo Finnish Romani: dui
      • Traveller Norwegian: dy
• Pali: dve, duve
  • → Thai: โท (too)
• → Malay: dwi
• → Telugu: ద్వయము (dvayamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “द्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0503.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 380