Given name & surname · also Hindi
Dwivedi
“familiar with the two Vedas”
Dwivedi is a surname from Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Original Hindiद्विवेदी
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dwivedi goes back to Sanskrit द्विवेदिन्, meaning “familiar with the two Vedas.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Dwivedi comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hindi द्विवेदी, from Sanskrit द्विवेदिन् (“familiar with the two Vedas”); its root is Sanskrit विद्.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Dwivedi’s family of names
In English usage, Dwivedi as a surname was borrowed from the Hindi form द्विवेदी.
The ring: across languages.
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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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