Dvandva

Dvāndva [ˈdvɑːndvə] is a compound where each element could be head.

Examples

• Austria-Hungary
• freeze-dry

Synonyms

• copulative compound

Origin

Dvāndva arose by reduplication of the word dva ‘two’.

References

• Trask, Robert Lawrence. 1992. A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics. London: Routledge.