دو

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

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Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwáH (compare Persian دو‎ (do), 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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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭲𐭥𐭩𐭭‎ (tʿyn /dō/), from Proto-Iranian *dwáH (compare Kurdish du, Pashto دوه‎ (dwa), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (duua)), 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), Lithuanian du, Greek δύο (dýo), Spanish dos, English two).

Numeral

Persian cardinal numbers

<  ۱‎	۲	۳  > ‎
Cardinal : دو     Ordinal : دوم‎

Dari Persian	دو
Iranian Persian	دو
Tajiki Persian	ду (du)

دو‎ • (do)

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 • (daw, do)

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

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

Numeral

Urdu cardinal numbers

<  ۱‎	۲	۳  >
Cardinal : دو     Ordinal : دوسرا‎

دو • (do), Hindi spelling: दो (do)

1. two

See also

• ۲‎