Where does “दो-हरफ़ी” come from?

दो-हरफ़ी (Hindi) comes from Hindi दो, from Old Hindi दो.

दो-हरफ़ी (Hindi): brief, short

Definitions

  1. brief, short

Ancestry of “दो-हरफ़ी”, step by step

दो-हरफ़ी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi दो

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiदोtwo (2)
2Old Hindiदो

via Hindi हरफ़

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiहरफ़letter, character of an alphabet
2Arabicحَرْفgrammatical particle; letter of alphabet
Every word from Old Hindi दोEvery word from Hindi दो
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