دوستی

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́

Proto-Iranian *jawštā́

Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠dauštā⁠⁠/)

Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/)

Persian دوسْت

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Persian ـی

Persian دوستی

From دوسْت + ـی.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /doːs.ˈtiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːs.t̪ʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːs.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪oːs.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊːs.t̪ʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uːs.t̪ʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɵs.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	dōstī
Dari reading?	dōstī
Iranian reading?	dusti
Tajik reading?	düsti

Noun

Dari	دوستی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дӯстӣ

دوستی • (dōstī / dusti) (Tajik spelling дӯстӣ)

1. friendship
2. romantic relationship

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دوستی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́

Proto-Iranian *jawštā́

Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠dauštā⁠⁠/)

Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/)

Classical Persian دوسْت (dōst)

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـی (-ē)

Classical Persian دوسْتِی (dōstī)bor.

Urdu دوسْتی

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوسْتِی (dōstī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪oːs.t̪iː/

Noun

دوسْتی • (dostī) f (Hindi spelling दोस्ती)

1. friendship

Synonyms

• مترائی

Related terms

• دوست (dost)