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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DVANDVA

From Sanskrit dvamdva a pair, from the reduplication of dvatwo.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DVANDVA

dvandva  [ˈdvɑːndvɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DVANDVA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dvandva is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DVANDVA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dvandva

A dvandva or twin or Siamese linguistic compound refers to one or more objects that could be connected in sense by the conjunction 'and', where the objects refer to the parts of an agglomeration described by the compound. Dvandvas are common in some languages such as Sanskrit where the term originates, as well as Chinese, Japanese, and some Modern Indic languages such as Hindi and Urdu, but less common in English. Examples include Sanskrit mātāpitarau for 'mother and father'; Chinese shānchuān and Japanese yamakawa for 'mountains and rivers'; Modern Greek "maxeropiruno" for 'fork and knife', "anðrojino" for "married couple ", "benovjeno" for 'go in and out',. Note such compounds as singer-songwriter, in the sense 'someone who is both a singer and a songwriter' are not dvandva compounds. Within the Sanskrit classification of compounds these are considered कर्मधारय karmadhāraya compounds such as राजर्षि rājarṣi 'king-sage,' i.e. 'one who is both a king and a sage'.In Greek sernicothilyko being male and female.

Definition of dvandva in the English dictionary

The definition of dvandva in the dictionary is a class of compound words consisting of two elements having a coordinate relationship as if connected by and. Other definition of dvandva is a compound word of this type, such as Austro-Hungarian, tragicomic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DVANDVA


Avar
ˈeɪvɑː
baclava
ˈbɑːkləˌvɑː
baklava
ˈbɑːkləˌvɑː
Bolivar
ˈbɒlɪˌvɑː
boulevard
ˈbuːlvɑː
cultivar
ˈkʌltɪˌvɑː
halva
ˈhælvɑː
halvah
ˈhæləvɑː
Invar
ɪnˈvɑː
Kosova
ˈkɒsəʊvɑː
Kosovar
ˈkɒsəˌvɑː
lekvar
ˈlekˌvɑː
louvar
ˈluːvɑː
navar
ˈnævɑː
Navarre
nəˈvɑː
samovar
ˈsæməˌvɑː
serovar
ˈsɪərəˌvɑː
sheva
ʃəˈvɑː
tava
təˈvɑː
var
vɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DVANDVA

duvetine
duvetyn
duvetyne
dux
duxelles
duyker
DV
DVD
DVD player
DVD writer
DVD-A
DVD-Rom
DVI
Dvina
Dvina Bay
Dvina Gulf
Dvinsk
DVLA
DVM
dvornik

WORDS THAT END LIKE DVANDVA

ava
Bratislava
brava
diva
Geneva
Genova
Huelva
Java
lava
leva
Lietuva
Moldova
nova
Ostrava
ova
Padova
riva
silva
va
viva

Synonyms and antonyms of dvandva in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dvandva» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DVANDVA

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The translations of dvandva from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dvandva» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dvandva
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dvandva
570 millions of speakers

English

dvandva
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dvandva
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dvandva
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

двандва
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dvandva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dvandva
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dvandva
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dvandva
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dvandva
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dvandva
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dvandva
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dvandva
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dvandva
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dvandva
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Dvandva
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dvandva
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dvandva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dvandva
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

двандва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dvandva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dvandva
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dvandva
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dvandva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dvandva
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dvandva

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DVANDVA»

The term «dvandva» is used very little and occupies the 174.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DVANDVA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dvandva» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dvandva» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dvandva

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DVANDVA»

Discover the use of dvandva in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dvandva and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Rapid Sanskrit Method
Lesson 17 THE IMPERATIVE MIDDLE; DVANDVA COMPOUNDS I. The Imperative Middle. Learn this conjugation: II. Dvandva compounds. This type of compound is simply an enumeration of its elements in a series. It is translated by naming ...
George L. Hart, 1996
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Rāmopākhyāna: The Story of Rāma in the Mahābhārata : an ...
Panini describes four major types of compounds: dvandva, tatpurusa, bahuvrihi, and avyayibhava. Although he elassifies under these general headings compounds formed by a hundred and ten different rules specifying various semantic and ...
Peter M. Scharf, 2003
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Pāṇini, Re-interpreted
Dvandva . Precedence (Pfirvanipata) in Dvandva . Gender of Dvandva . Restriction regarding Samahara Dvandva . How to Construe a Compound Incorporating Dvandva . Substitution in Dvandva . Samasanta Suffixes Pertaining to Dvandva .
Cārudeva Śāstrī, 1990
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The Siddhānta Kaumudī of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita
There is no limitation of equality of syllables here. an PR aoa|z=w~|Q|e|Q|| wt E'? qa==-mare I qrfirwza 'Wl€I?f$WUfi3iK| tfqsirrarfrsm u aarartrisiarsarfir first fiumi wane; wrvumtai smart we um we u 906. A Dvandva com )ound too is sinvular in O  ...
Srisa Chandra Vasu, 2003
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The siddhanta haumudi of bhattoji diksta
A Dvandva compound too is singular in number, when it is compounded of words signifying members of the animal boby, members of a band of players (or singers or dancers) and component parts of an army. As, qrfilrqrqq 'the hand and foot' ...
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Vedic Mathematics
And, as this is intimately connected with a procedure known as the Dvandva Yoga or the Duplex Combination process and as this is of still greater importance and utility at the next step op the ladder, namely, the easy and facile extraction of  ...
Swami Bharati Krishna Tirtha, Vasudeva Sharana Agrawala, V. S. Agrawala, 1992
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The Astadhyayi of Panini
In tihe Dvandva Compounds of aoimals such as elephants, horses, &c, the singular is optional ; (II. 4. 12.) The present rule also gives us an index as to where we must make Samahara Dvandva and where an Itaretara Dvandva. The Dvandva ...
‎1996
8
Language Typology and Language Universals: An International ...
Dvandva compounds Dvandvas, also called copulative compounds (Jespersen, 19091949, VI: 142), aggregative compounds (Whitney 1889: 480) or co-ordi- native compounds (Bloomfield 1933: 235), have two or more words in a coordinate ...
Martin Haspelmath, 2001
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Dvandva
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2011
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Pāṇini: A Survey of Research
For example, rule 2.2.34 (alpdctaram) states that, in a dvandva compound, the item which contains the lesser number of syllables is the prior member; e.g., karya-karana 'cause (karana) and effect (karya)'. Again in the case of dvandva ...
George Cardona, 1997

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DVANDVA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dvandva is used in the context of the following news items.
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Letter of Recommendation: The Oxford English Dictionary
Consider Volume V (''Dvandva — Follis''). The text, typeset in a diverse mixture of fonts, of boldfaces and italics, is surprisingly stately and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Ahuramazdan: Pax Iranica
... deity Varuṇa, with whom his name forms the dvandva compound mitráváruṇā “Mitra and Varuṇa,” a pair of gods praised in several hymns. «Iranian, Jun 15»
3
Marathi stage act performs record back-to-back shows
Rajan Bane, who is director of 'Dvandva' said, "The actors performed without any rest, wearing their make-up continuously and only managing ... «Daily News & Analysis, Feb 14»
4
The Politics of Knowledge And Caste
The author of Mahabhashya uses the example of samana-brahman to illustrate an antagonistic compound— samahaar dvandva —and ... «CounterCurrents.org, Mar 12»

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