As a Hindi name
दू · adj
एक और एक । तीन से एक कम — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ दो
Cited formation "दू" is द + -ऊ: द means "the eighteenth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -ऊ forms 'belonging to', 'tending to' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(8) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
in comp. for dus above.
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Dictionary citations
1. du (or dū) cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xxii, 46) davati (pf. dudāva; fut. doṣyati, dotā; aor. adāvīt or adauṣīt, Vop.), to go: Caus. dāvayati or davayati (see s.v.) Actually occurring only in Subj. aor. daviṣāṇi, RV. x, 34, 5, ‘na d˚ ebhih’, (?) I will not go i.e. have intercourse with them (the dice). [cf. δύω, δύνω, δεύομαι.]
2. du (also written dū), cl. 5. P. cl. 4. Ā. (Dhātup. xxvii, 10; xxvi, 24) dunoti, dūyate (ep. also ˚ti; pf. dudāva; fut. doṣyati; aor. adauṣīt; inf. dotum), to be burnt, to be consumed with internal heat or sorrow (Pres. dunoti, MBh. iii, 10069; BhP. iii, 2, 17; Gīt. iii, 9 ; but oftener dūyate, which is at once Pass.), MBh.; Suśr.; Kāv. &c.; (only dunoti) to burn, consume with fire, cause internal heat, pain, or sorrow, afflict, distress, AV. ix, 4, 18; MBh.; VarBṛS.; Kāv. : Caus. dāvayati aor. adūduvat: Desid. dudūṣati: Intens. dodūyate, dodoti. [cf. δαίω. for δαϝιω; δύη, pain; Lit. davyti, to torment; Sl. daviti, to worry.]
1. dū in comp. for dus above.
2. dū f. (fr. √ 2. du) pain, distress.
3. dū = 2. duvas, only nom. acc. pl. duvas, RV. (cf. a-dū).
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