Translingual

Ligature

द्व ‎(dva)

1. Irregular ligature of द and व

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Avestan 𐬛𐬬𐬀 ‎(dva), Ancient Greek δύο ‎(dúo), Latin duo, and Old English twā (English two), Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak dva, Russian два ‎(dva), Polish dwa.

Numeral

द्व • ‎(dvá)

1. two, both

Descendants

• Pali: dve, duve
• Prakrit:
  • Elu:
    • Sinhalese: දෙක ‎(deka)
  • Magadhi:
    • Bengali: দুই ‎(dui)
    • Bhojpuri: दुइ ‎(dui)
      • Fiji Hindi: dui
  • Sauraseni: 𑀤𑁄 ‎(do)
    • Hindi: दो ‎(do)
    • Punjabi: ਦੋ ‎(do)
    • Urdu: دو ‎(do)
• Telugu: ద్వయము ‎(dvayamu)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0503