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dve

dvi

x nom pl of dvi (card); x acc pl of dvi (card)

  1. dvi (card): two (2)
  2. dve (card): two (2)
  3. dve (masc): couple; pair

Etymology. From Indo-European *dwo- "two", cognate with Sanskrit dvi, Latin duo, Greek dyo, English two, German zwei. The word is ancient and occurs across all Indo-European languages with regular sound correspondences.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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