dvandva
[ dvahn-dvah, dvuhn-dvuh ]
nounGrammar.
a compound word neither element of which is subordinate to the other, as bittersweet, Anglo-Saxon.
Origin of dvandva
11840–50; <Sanskrit, nasalized reduplication of dvatwo
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British Dictionary definitions for dvandva
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
Origin of dvandva
1from Sanskrit dvamdva a pair, from the reduplication of dva two
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