Friday, November 27, 2009

दो دو ♣ Eng. two, double

दो دو ♣ Eng. two, double

[dō], adj. num. 2 (two).

[◀MIA: Ap. di, bi ‘two’; Pk. dō, bē, duvē; Pa. dvē, duvē ◀OIA dva- ‘two’: m. dvaú (duvaú), dvā́ (duvā́), f.n. dvḗ (duvḗ) RV. ◀PIE *du̯ō(u) ‘two’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. two, twig, twin, between ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. double, doubt, diploma ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0529; (Turner, 1966) 6648; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 333; (MW, 1899) 0503; (Pokorny, 1959) 0228; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.761

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