द्विस्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• দ্বিস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤ᭄ᬯᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দ্বিস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒွိသ် (Burmese script)
• દ્વિસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦ੍ਵਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢ꧀ꦮꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂹𑂫𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದ್ವಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ទ្វិស៑ (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ວິສ຺ (Lao script)
• ദ്വിസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠣᠸᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘿𑘪𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠸᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧠𑧊𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑂𑐰𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦ୍ଵିସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣ꣄ꢮꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑇀𑆮𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖿𑖪𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ද්‍විස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚶𑚦𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்³விஸ் (Tamil script)
• ద్విస్ (Telugu script)
• ทฺวิสฺ (Thai script)
• དྭི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓂𑒫𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dwíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwíš, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís. Cognate with Ancient Greek δίς (dís), Latin bis, dis-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʋís/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋis̪/

Adverb

द्विस् • (dvís)

1. twice

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “द्विस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 506.