دوستدار
Persian
editEtymology
editCompound of دوست (dust, “friend”) + ـدار (-dâr, suffix indicating ownership)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [doːst.dɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪uːst̪.d̪ɒːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɵst̪.d̪ɔɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | dōstdār |
Dari reading? | dōstdār |
Iranian reading? | dustdâr |
Tajik reading? | düstdor |
Noun
editDari | دوستدار |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | дўстдор |
دوستدار • (dustdâr)
- lover, loving friend
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1062:
- هر چه کاری از برای او بکار
چون اسیر دوستی ای دوستدار- har či kārī az barāy-i ō bi-kār
čōn asīr-i dōst-ē ay dōstdār - Whatever you sow, sow for His sake,
inasmuch as you are the Beloved's captive, O lover.
- har či kārī az barāy-i ō bi-kār
References
editSteingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دوست دار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul