دو

See also: ذو and Appendix:Variations of "du"

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwáH (compare Persian (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)

two

Noun

دو • (do)

two (digit)

Brahui

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from an Indo-Aryan descendant of Sanskrit दोस् (dos, “forearm”).^[1]

Noun

دُو (dū)

(anatomy) hand

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)

two

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit द्व (dva). Compare Hindi दो (do).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪oː/

Numeral

دو (do)

meaning two

Persian

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH

Persian

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): [du], [duː], [doː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪uː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪u]

(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

**Persian numbers ^(edit)**
	20
← 1	۲ 2	3 →
Cardinal: دو (do) Ordinal: دوم (dovom)


Iranian Persian	دو
Dari	دو
Tajik	ду

دو • (du / do) (Persian numeral ۲)

two

Noun

دو • (du / do)

two

Etymology 2

Ultimately derived from Italian do.

Pronunciation

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪oː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊː]

(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): [daw]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äw]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äw]
- (Hazaragi) 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 (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 (dōğ / duğ)

Punjabi

**Western Panjabi numbers ^(edit)**
	20
^{[a], [b]} ← 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)

two

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit द्व (dvá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Compare also Persian (do).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪oː/

Numeral

**Urdu numbers ^(edit)**
	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)

دو • (do) (Hindi spelling दो)

two