dvandva

American  

[dvahn-dvah, dvuhn-dvuh] / ˈdvɑn dvɑ, ˈdvʌn dvə /

noun

Grammar.

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

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dvandva British  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of dvandva

1840–50; < Sanskrit, nasalized reduplication of dva two