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dvandva

[ dvahn-dvah, dvuhn-dvuh ]

noun

, Grammar.
  1. a compound word neither element of which is subordinate to the other, as bittersweet, Anglo-Saxon.

dvandva

/ ˈdvɑːndvɑː /

noun

  1. a class of compound words consisting of two elements having a coordinate relationship as if connected by and
  2. a compound word of this type, such as Austro-Hungarian, tragicomic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dvandva1

1840–50; < Sanskrit, nasalized reduplication of dva two
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dvandva1

from Sanskrit dvamdva a pair, from the reduplication of dva two

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