द्विवेदी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्विवेदिन् (dvivedin, “knowing two Vedas”). Doublet of दुबे (dube) and दवे (dave). By surface analysis, द्वि- (dvi-) +‎ वेद (ved) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɪ.ʋeː.d̪iː/, [d̪wɪ.ʋeː.d̪iː]
Rhymes: -iː
Hyphenation: द्वि‧वे‧दी

Proper noun

द्विवेदी • (dvivedī) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling دویویدی)

a surname, Dwivedi, from Sanskrit
Coordinate terms: त्रिवेदी (trivedī), चतुर्वेदी (caturvedī)
1. Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, a scholar, writer and literary historian.
  द्विवेदी युग ― dvivedī yug ― Era of Dwivedi

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of *द्विवेदी* (masc ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	द्विवेदी dvivedī	द्विवेदी dvivedī
oblique	द्विवेदी dvivedī	द्विवेदियों dvivediyõ
vocative	द्विवेदी dvivedī	द्विवेदियो dvivediyo

Declension of *द्विवेदी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	द्विवेदी dvivedī	द्विवेदियाँ dvivediyā̃
oblique	द्विवेदी dvivedī	द्विवेदियों dvivediyõ
vocative	द्विवेदी dvivedī	द्विवेदियो dvivediyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “द्वि-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 518
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “द्विवेदी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2409