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单词 dvandva
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dvandva

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

noun Grammar.

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

Origin of dvandva

1840–50; <Sanskrit, nasalized reduplication of dvatwo

Words nearby dvandva

dux, Duxbury, duyker, D.V., dvaita, dvandva, Dvapara Yuga, DVD, DVD-A, DVD writer, DVI
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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

Word Origin for dvandva

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