دوست
Baluchi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian دوسْت (dōst).
Noun edit
دوست • (dost)
Chagatai edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Classical Persian دوسْت (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
Borrowed from Classical Persian دوسْت (dōst).
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
Inherited 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 |
دوسْت • (dust) (plural دوستان (dustân) or دوستها (dust-hâ))
Inflection edit
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Derived terms edit
- دوسْت دَاشْتَن (dust dâštan)
- دوسْتانِه (dustâne)
- دوسْتی (dusti)
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: դոստ (dost)
- → Azerbaijani: dost
- → Baluchi: دوست (dost)
- → Bashkir: дуҫ (duś)
- → Bengali: দোস্ত (dōsto)
- → Chinese:
- Mandarin: 朵斯提 (duǒsītí)
- → Crimean Tatar: dost
- → Dongxiang: dosi
- → Gujarati: દોસ્ત (dost)
- → Hindi: दोस्त (dost)
- → Telugu: దోస్తు (dōstu)
- → Georgian: დოსტი (dosṭi)
- → Kazakh: дос (dos)
- → Northern Kurdish: dost
- → Kyrgyz: дос (dos)
- → Malayalam: ദോസ്ത് (dōstŭ)
- → Pashto: دوست (dost)
- → Punjabi: ਦੋਸਤ (dost), دوست (dost)
- → Turkish: dost
- → Urdu: دوسْت (dost)
- → Uyghur: دوست (dost)
- → Uzbek: doʻst
- → Zazaki: dost
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian دوسْت (dōst), 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
- دوسْتی (dostī, “friendship”)
- سَہیلی (sahelī, “female friend”)
References edit
Uyghur edit
Other scripts | |
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Perso-Arabic | دوست |
Latin | dost |
Cyrillic | дост |
Etymology edit
From Chagatai دوست, from Classical Persian دوسْت (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.