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dvandva

dvandva noun: a copulative or coordinative type of compound in which members, if not compounded, would be in the same case and connected by the conjunction and. Common in languages such as Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese, but less so in English.

Noun

dvandva (plural dvandvas)

  1. A copulative or coordinative type of compound in which members, if not compounded, would be in the same case and connected by the conjunction and. Common in languages such as Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese, but less so in English.
    • Tatpuruṣa and dvandva compounds regularly have a single gender, that of the final constituent, although a subgroup of dvandvas has the gender of the first constituent.2003, Dhanesh Jain, George Cardona, The Indo-Aryan Languages, Routledge, page 153

Forms of dvandva

pluraldvandvas

Origin of dvandva

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्वंद्व (dvaṃdvá).

Questions about dvandva

What does dvandva mean?
Dvandva means a copulative or coordinative type of compound in which members, if not compounded, would be in the same case and connected by the conjunction and. Common in languages such as Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese, but less so in English.
What part of speech is dvandva?
Dvandva is a noun.
What is the plural of dvandva?
The plural of dvandva is dvandvas.

Words near dvandva in the dictionary

  1. Duza
  2. Duzan
  3. Duzans
  4. DV
  5. DV8
  6. dvandva
  7. dvandvas
  8. Dvapara Yuga
  9. DVB
  10. DVC
  11. DVCS

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