dvi

Pali

Pali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : dvi     Ordinal : dutiya

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• द्वि (Devanagari script)
• দ্ৰি (Bengali script)
• ද‍්වි (Sinhalese script)
• ဒွိ or ၻွိ (Burmese script)
• ทฺวิ or ทวิ (Thai script)
• ᨴ᩠ᩅᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ທ຺ວິ or ທວິ (Lao script)
• ទ្វិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄳𑄤𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit द्वि (dvi).

Numeral

dvi

1. two
   • c. 420 AD, Buddhaghosa, Pāthikavaɡɡaṭṭhakathā‎^[1], page 4; republished Yanɡon, Myanmar: Ministry of Reliɡious Affairs, 2008:

     Catukkuṇḍikoti catusaṅghaṭṭito dve jāṇūni dve ca kappare bhūmiyaṁ ṭhapetvā vicarati.

     'Catukkuṇḍiko': He moves with four points of contact, having placed two knees and two elbows on the ground.

   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2], page 251; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     तासं सब्बासं विभत्तीनं परस्सपदानं अत्तनोपदानञ्च द्वे द्‍वे पदानि पठममज्झम-उत्तम पुरिससञ्ञानि होन्ति।

     Tāsaṃ sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ parassapadānaṃ attanopadānañca dve dve padāni paṭhamamajjhima-uttama purisasaññāni honti.

     Of all the endings, active and middle, they are called, two by two, the third, second and first person endings.

Declension

Declension table of "dvi"

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	dve or duve
Accusative (second)	dve or duve
Instrumental (third)	dvīhi
Dative (fourth)	dvinnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dvīhi
Genitive (sixth)	dvinnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dvīsu

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဒွိ (dwi.)
• → Old Khmer: do
  • → Thai: โท (too)
• → Thai: ทวิ (tá-wí)
• → Khmer: ទ្វិ (tviʼ)
• → Khmer: ទ្វេ (tvei)
• → Lao: ທະວິ (tha wi)