دو

See also: ذو‎ and Appendix:Variations of "du"

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwáH (compare Persian دو‎ (do), Northern Kurdish du, Pashto دوه‎ (dwa), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (duua)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH (compare Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Hindi दो (do)/Urdu دو‎ (do), Punjabi ਦੋ (do)), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (compare Russian два (dva), Greek δύο (dýo), Spanish dos, English two).

Numeral

دو • (do)

1. two

Noun

دو • (do)

1. two (digit)

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Gilaki

Numeral

دو (do)

1. two

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭲𐭥𐭩𐭭‎ (tʿyn /dō/), from Proto-Iranian *dwáH, Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.

Indo European cognates include Northern Kurdish du, Pashto دوه‎ (dwa), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (duua), Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Hindi दो (do)/Urdu دو‎ (do), Punjabi ਦੋ (do), Russian два (dva), Lithuanian du, Greek δύο (dýo), Spanish dos, English two, etc..

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /du/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /dʊ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /do/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /du/

Numeral

Persian numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	۲ 2	3  →
Cardinal: دو (do)     Ordinal: دوم‎ (dovvom)

Dari	دو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ду (du)

دو • (do) (Persian numeral ۲‎)

1. two

Noun

دو • (do)

1. two (digit)

See also

• ۲‎

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duː/

Noun

دو • (du, dū)

1. (dialectal, Dashtestan, Khesht) doogh, a carbonated or non-carbonated yoghurt drink.

Etymology 3

Verb

دو • (dav, dow)

1. present stem form of دویدن‎

Etymology 4

Noun

دو • (do)

1. (music) C, Do (the first note of the fixed-Do solfège scale)
2. (music) Do (the first note of the movable-Do solfège scale, i.e. the tonic)

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Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit द्व (dvá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare also Persian دو‎ (do).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪oː/

Numeral

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	٢ 2	3  →
Cardinal: دو     Ordinal: دوسرا‎, دوجا‎, دوم‎     Multiplier: دُگنا‎, دوگنا‎, دوہرا‎     Distributive: دونا‎     Collective: دونوں‎     Fractional: آدھا‎, نِصف‎, نیم‎

دو • (do) (Hindi spelling दो)

1. two

See also

• ۲‎ (2)