دوست
Baluchi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
دوست • (dost)
Chagatai[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Persian دوست (dōst), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dwst' /dōst/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /daušta/).
Noun[edit]
دوست (dost) (plural دوستلار)
Pashto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
دوست • (dost) m (plural دوستان (dostân))
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- Raverty, H. G. (1867), “دوست”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate
Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /dōst/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /dauštā/), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, to try”). Cognates with Sanskrit जुष्ट (juṣṭa), Avestan 𐬰𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬀 (zušta), Latin gustus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [doːst]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪uːst̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɵst̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | dōst |
Dari reading? | dōst |
Iranian reading? | dust |
Tajik reading? | düst |
Audio (Iran) (file)
Noun[edit]
Dari | دوست |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | дӯст |
دوست • (dust) (plural دوستان (dustân) or دوستها (dust-hâ))
Inflection[edit]
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Derived terms[edit]
- دوست داشتن (dust dâštan)
- دوستانه (dustâne)
- دوستی (dusti)
Descendants[edit]
- → Armenian: դոստ (dost)
- → Azerbaijani: dost
- → Baluchi: دوست (dost)
- → Bashkir: дуҫ (duθ)
- → Bengali: দোস্ত (dōsto)
- → Chinese:
- Mandarin: 朵斯提 (duǒsītí)
- → Crimean Tatar: dost
- → Dongxiang: dosi
- → Hindi: दोस्त (dost)
- → Kazakh: дос (dos)
- → Northern Kurdish: dost
- → Kyrgyz: дос (dos)
- → Pashto: دوست (dost)
- → Punjabi: ਦੋਸਤ (dost), دوست (dost)
- → Turkish: dost
- → Urdu: دوست (dost)
- → Uyghur: دوست (dost)
- → Uzbek: doʻst
- → Zazaki: dost
Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian دوست (dôst), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, to try”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪oːst̪/
- Rhymes: -oːst̪
Noun[edit]
دوسْت • (dost) m (Hindi spelling दोस्त)
Declension[edit]
Declension of دوست | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | دوست (dost) | دوست (dost) |
oblique | دوست (dost) | دوستوں (dostō̃) |
vocative | دوست (dost) | دوستو (dostō) |
Related terms[edit]
- دوستی (dostī, “friendship”)
- سہیلی (sahelī, “female friend”)
References[edit]
- “دوست”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دوست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Uyghur[edit]
Other scripts | |
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Perso-Arabic | دوست |
Latin | dost |
Cyrillic | дост |
Etymology[edit]
From Chagatai دوست, from Classical Persian دوست (dōst), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dwst' /dōst/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /daušta/).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
دوست • (dost) (plural دوستلار (dostlar))
Usage notes[edit]
دوست (dost) is the regular term for a friend, while ئاداش (adash) refers to close friends. However, ئاداش (adash) should be used to strangers to show politeness. ئاغىنە (aghine) is used for contemporaries, while ئۈلپەت (ülpet) refers to companions at work, or whom one is collaborating with.
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- Pashto terms borrowed from Persian
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- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
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- Urdu terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵews-
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- Rhymes:Urdu/oːst̪
- Rhymes:Urdu/oːst̪/1 syllable
- Urdu lemmas
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- Uyghur terms inherited from Chagatai
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