دو

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

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwáH (compare Persian ‎ (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)

two

Noun

دو • (do)

two (digit)

Gilaki

Numeral

دو (do)

two

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)

Iranian Persian	دو
Dari	دو
Tajik	ду (du)

دو • (do) (Persian numeral ۲‎)

two

Noun

دو • (do)

two (digit)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /duː/

Noun

دو • (du, dū)

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

Verb

دو • (dav, dow)

present stem form of ‎

Noun

دو • (do)

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

two