# द्वंद्व
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्वंद्व (dvaṃdva, “pair”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪ʋən.d̪ʋə/, [d̪wɐ̃n̪.d̪wɐ]

### Noun

द्वंद्व • (dvandva) m
* pair, couple
** male and female
* (grammar) a kind of compound between two nouns of the same case, equivalent to "... and ..."

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* द्वन्द्व (dvandva)

### Alternative scripts

* দ্বংদ্ব (Assamese script)
* ᬤ᭄ᬯᬂᬤ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
* দ্বংদ্ব (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰽𑰟𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀁𑀤𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* ဒွံဒွ (Burmese script)
* દ્વંદ્વ (Gujarati script)
* ਦ੍ਵਂਦ੍ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌦𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
* ꦢ꧀ꦮꦁꦢ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂹𑂫𑂁𑂠𑂹𑂫 (Kaithi script)
* ದ್ವಂದ್ವ (Kannada script)
* ទ្វំទ្វ (Khmer script)
* ທ຺ວໍທ຺ວ (Lao script)
* ദ്വംദ്വ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᡩᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘿𑘪𑘽𑘟𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
* ᢑᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᢑᢦ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧠𑧊𑧞𑦿𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐡𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
* ଦ୍ଵଂଦ୍ଵ (Odia script)
* ꢣ꣄ꢮꢀꢣ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑇀𑆮𑆁𑆢𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖿𑖪𑖽𑖟𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
* ද්‍වංද්‍ව (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭 𑪙𑩾𑪖𑩭 𑪙𑩾 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚶𑚦𑚫𑚛𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
* த்³வஂத்³வ (Tamil script)
* ద్వంద్వ (Telugu script)
* ทฺวํทฺว (Thai script)
* དྭཾ་དྭ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑓂𑒫𑓀𑒠𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑩇𑨭𑨸𑨛𑩇𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From earlier द्वाद्वा (dvā́dvā), a reduplication of the nominative of द्व (dva, “two”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dʋɐnd.ʋɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd̪ʋɐn̪d̪.ʋɐ/

### Noun

द्वंद्व • (dvaṃdvá) stem, n or m
    ; (neuter) -
* pair, couple
** male and female
** a pair of opposites (e.g. heat and cold, joy and sorrow, etc.)
* strife, quarrel, contest, fight (esp. between two persons, a duel)
* stronghold, fortress
    ; (masculine) -
* (grammar, lexicography, rarely neuter) dvandva (type of compound word)
* (astrology) Gemini (the sign of the zodiac)
* (music) a kind of measure
* (medicine) a species of disease, a complication of two disorders, a compound affection of two tumors

#### Derived terms

* देवताद्वंद्व (devatādvaṃdva)
* द्वंद (dvaṃda)
* द्वंद्वचर (dvaṃdvacara)
* द्वंद्वचारिन् (dvaṃdvacārin)
* द्वंद्वज (dvaṃdvaja)
* द्वंद्वदुःख (dvaṃdvaduḥkha)
* द्वंद्वभाव (dvaṃdvabhāva)
* द्वंद्वभिन्न (dvaṃdvabhinna)
* द्वंद्वभूत (dvaṃdvabhūta)
* द्वंद्वमोह (dvaṃdvamoha)
* द्वंद्वयुद्ध (dvaṃdvayuddha)
* द्वंद्वयुद्धवर्णन (dvaṃdvayuddhavarṇana)
* द्वंद्वयोधिन् (dvaṃdvayodhin)
* द्वंद्वलक्षणवाद (dvaṃdvalakṣaṇavāda)
* द्वंद्वविचार (dvaṃdvavicāra)
* द्वंद्वशस् (dvaṃdvaśas)
* द्वंद्वसम्प्रहार (dvaṃdvasamprahāra)
* द्वंद्वसहिष्णुता (dvaṃdvasahiṣṇutā)
* द्वंद्वसहिष्णुत्व (dvaṃdvasahiṣṇutva)
* द्वंद्वातीत (dvaṃdvātīta)
* द्वंद्वादिकोश (dvaṃdvādikośa)
* द्वंद्वाराम (dvaṃdvārāma)
* द्वंद्वालाप (dvaṃdvālāpa)
* द्वंद्विन् (dvaṃdvin)
* द्वंद्वीभू (dvaṃdvībhū)
* प्रतिद्वंद्व (pratidvaṃdva)

#### Descendants

* → English: dvandva
* → Telugu: ద్వంద్వము (dvandvamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “द्वंद्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 503, column 2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 763