دو
Baluchi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *dwáH (compare Persian دو (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)
Noun
دو • (do)
- two (digit)
Brahui
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from an Indo-Aryan descendant of Sanskrit दोस् (dos, “forearm”).[1]
Noun
دُو (dū)
References
- ^ Emeneau, M. B. (1997) “Brahui Etymologies and Phonetic Developments: New Items”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London[1], volume 60, number 3, pages 440–447
- Bray, Denys (1934) “dū”, in The Brahui Language[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 101
Gilaki
Numeral
دو (do)
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit द्व (dva). Compare Hindi दो (do).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪oː/
Numeral
دو (do)
- meaning two
Persian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭲𐭥𐭩𐭭 (tʿyn /dō/), from Proto-Iranian *dwáH, from 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): /ˈdu/, /ˈduː/, /ˈdoː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪uː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪o]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪u]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | du, dū, dō |
| Dari reading? | dū |
| Iranian reading? | do |
| Tajik reading? | du |
Numeral
| 20 | ||
| ← 1 | ۲ 2 |
3 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: دو (do) Ordinal: دوم (dovom) | ||
| Dari | دو |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ду |
دو • (du / do) (Persian numeral ۲)
Noun
دو • (du / do)
Etymology 2
Ultimately derived from Italian do.
Pronunciation
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪oː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪o]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Dari reading? | dō |
| Iranian reading? | do |
Noun
دو • (dō / 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)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈdaw/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äw]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ow]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äw]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | daw |
| Dari reading? | daw |
| Iranian reading? | dow |
| Tajik reading? | dav |
Verb
دو • (daw / dow)
- present stem of دویدن (dawīdan / davidan, “to run”)
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Dashtestan, Khesht) IPA(key): /duː/
Noun
دو • (du)
- colloquial form of دوغ (dōġ / duġ)
Punjabi
| 20 | ||
| ← 1 | ۲ 2 |
3 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: دو (do) Ordinal: دُوجا (dūjā) Adverbial: دُہرا (duhrā) Collective: دوویں (doveṉ) Fractional: اَدّھا (addhā) | ||
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit द्व (dva). Compare Hindi दो (do).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪oː/
Audio: (file)
Numeral
دو • (do) (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੋ)
Urdu
| 20 | ||
| ← 1 | ۲ 2 |
3 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: دو (do) Ordinal: دُوسْرا (dūsrā), دُوجا (dūjā), دُوَم (duvam) Multiplier: دُگْنا (dugnā), دوگُنا (dogunā), دُہْرا (duhrā) Distributive: دُونا (dūnā) Collective: دونوں (donõ) Fractional: آدھا (ādhā), نِصْف (nisf), نیم (nem) | ||
Alternative forms
- ۲ (2) — native script symbol
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi दो (do), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁄 (do), from Sanskrit द्व (dvá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪oː/
Audio: (file)
Numeral
دو • (do) (Hindi spelling दो)
References
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 241
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 380
Further reading
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “دو”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 642
- Platts, John T. (1884) “دو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 530
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 316
- “دو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834) “دو”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 883
- “دو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.