dvandva
noun
dvan·dva
ˈdvän(ˌ)dvä,
dəˈv-,
-vəndvə
plural dvandvas or dvandva
: a class of compound words having two immediate constituents that are equal in rank and related to each other as if joined by and : a compound word belonging to this class (as bittersweet, secretary-treasurer, sociopolitical) see copulative entry 2 sense 2
Word History
Etymology
Sanskrit dvaṁdva, literally, a pair, couple, reduplication of dva two
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- hydroponic
- hydroponically
- hydroponicist
- hydroponicists
- hydroponics
- hydroponists
- hydropositive
- Hydropotes
- hydropower
- hydropowers
- hydropress
- hydropses
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- hydropults
- hydroquinols
- hydroquinone
- hydroquinones
- hydrorhiza
- hydrorhizae
- hydrorhizal
- hydrorubber
- hydros