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
    Persian ـی
    Persian دوستی

    From دوسْت + ـی.

    Pronunciation

     

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

    Noun

    Dari دوستی
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik дӯстӣ

    دوستی • (dusti)

    1. friendship
    2. romantic relationship

    Further reading

    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)
    Classical Persian ـی (-ē)
    Classical Persian دوسْتِی (dōstī)bor.
    Urdu دوسْتی (dostī)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian دوسْتِی (dōstī).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    دوسْتی • (dostī) f (Hindi spelling दोस्ती)

    1. friendship

    Synonyms

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