Word history
Wiktionary records दुबे (dube) as a Hindi surname. The entry gives the inherited Prakrit intermediary duvei and Sanskrit dvivedin as the older source. It distinguishes the related forms Dvivedi and Dave. The dictionary sense concerns familiarity with two Vedas, a construction with dvi, two. दुबे records the later form; the title’s lexical meaning does not certify the studies of an individual.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword dvivedin, page 505, column 3, entry L98685
Literal dictionary sense
dvivedin: Knowing two Vedas.
Native-script forms
Spelling variants
Dube, Dvivedi, Dave.
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Hindi entry, etymology and surname sense
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword dvivedin, page 505, column 3, entry L98685
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