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dvandva
[ dvahn-dvah, dvuhn-dvuh ]
noun
, Grammar.
- a compound word neither element of which is subordinate to the other, as bittersweet, Anglo-Saxon.
dvandva
/ ˈdvɑːndvɑː /
noun
- a class of compound words consisting of two elements having a coordinate relationship as if connected by and
- a compound word of this type, such as Austro-Hungarian, tragicomic
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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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