dvi

Pali
Pali cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dvi
    Ordinal : dutiya

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • द्वि (Devanagari script)
  • দ্ৰি (Bengali script)
  • ද‍්වි (Sinhalese script)
  • ဒွိ or ၻွိ (Burmese script)
  • ทฺวิ or ทวิ (Thai script)
  • ᨴ᩠ᩅᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • ທ຺ວິ or ທວິ (Lao script)
  • ទ្វិ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄘𑄳𑄤𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit द्वि (dvi).

Numeral

dvi

  1. two
    • c. 420 AD, Buddhaghosa, Pāthikavaɡɡaṭṭhakathā‎, page 4; republished Yanɡon, Myanmar: Ministry of Reliɡious Affairs, 2008:
      Catukkuṇḍikoti catusaṅghaṭṭito dve jāṇūni dve ca kappare bhūmiyaṁ ṭhapetvā vicarati.
      'Catukkuṇḍiko': He moves with four points of contact, having placed two knees and two elbows on the ground.
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 251; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      तासं सब्बासं विभत्तीनं परस्सपदानं अत्तनोपदानञ्च द्वे द्‍वे पदानि पठममज्झम-उत्तम पुरिससञ्ञानि होन्ति।
      Tāsaṃ sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ parassapadānaṃ attanopadānañca dve dve padāni paṭhamamajjhima-uttama purisasaññāni honti.
      Of all the endings, active and middle, they are called, two by two, the third, second and first person endings.

Declension
Declension table of "dvi"
Case \ NumberPlural
Nominative (first)dve or duve
Accusative (second)dve or duve
Instrumental (third)dvīhi
Dative (fourth)dvinnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)dvīhi
Genitive (sixth)dvinnaṃ
Locative (seventh)dvīsu

Descendants
  • → Burmese: ဒွိ (dwi.)
  • → Old Khmer: do
  • → Thai: ทวิ (tá-wí)
  • → Khmer: ទ្វិ (tviʼ)
  • → Khmer: ទ្វេ (tvei)
  • → Lao: ທະວິ (tha wi)
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