द्व

See also: देव, देवृ, and दैव

Translingual

Ligature

द्व (dva)

Irregular ligature of द and व

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)
ꦢ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
ದ್ವ (Kannada script)
ဒွ (Burmese script)
ଦ୍ଵ (Oriya script)
ꢣ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
ద్వ (Telugu 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): /d̪ʋɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɐ/

Numeral

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
	20
← 1	२ 2	3 →
Cardinal: द्व (dva) Ordinal: द्वितीय (dvitīya) Adverbial: द्विस् (dvis)

द्व • (dvá)

two, both

Descendants

Malay: dwi
Pali: dve, duve
- Burmese: ဒုတိယ (du.ti.ya.)
- Thai: โท (too)
Prakrit:
- Elu:
  - Sinhalese: දෙක (deka)
- Magadhi:
  - Assamese: দুই (dui)
  - Bengali: দুই (dui)
  - Bhojpuri: दुइ (dui)
    - Fiji Hindi: dui
  - Rohingya: dui
- Sauraseni: 𑀤𑁄 (do)
  - Hindi: दो (do)
  - Punjabi: ਦੋ (do)
  - Urdu: دو‎ (do)
Telugu: ద్వయము (dvayamu)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “द्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0503.

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