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
dva
two
Words nearby dvandva
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