dvandva

[ dvahn-dvah, dvuhn-dvuh ]

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

Origin of dvandva

1
1840–50; <Sanskrit, nasalized reduplication of dvatwo

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British Dictionary definitions for dvandva

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

Origin of dvandva

1
from Sanskrit dvamdva a pair, from the reduplication of dva two

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