द्व

द्व

See also: देव, देवृ, and दैव

Translingual

Ligature

द्व (dva)

1. Irregular ligature of द and व

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬤ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
• দ্ৱ (Assamese script)
• দ্ব (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌦𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
• દ્વ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੑਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦢ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
• ទ្វ (Khmer script)
• ದ್ವ (Kannada script)
• ທ຺ວ (Lao script)
• ദ്വ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘟𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢑᢦ (Mongolian script)
• ᡩᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဒွ (Burmese script)
• 𑦿𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଦ୍ଵ (Oriya script)
• ꢣ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ද්ව (Sinhalese script)
• ద్వ (Telugu script)
• ทฺว (Thai script)
• དྭ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta 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) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɐ/

Numeral

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	२ 2	3  →
Cardinal: द्व (dva)     Ordinal: द्वितीय (dvitīya)     Adverbial: द्विस् (dvis)     Multiplier: द्विधा (dvidhā)     Distributive: द्विशस् (dviśas)

द्व • (dvá)

1. two, both

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: دُ‎ (du)
    • Kohistani Shina: 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)
• Southern:
  • Helu:
    • 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 458052227, page 0503.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 380