dost

Concepts

friend

mate

🧉

fellow-thinker

fan

follower

pal

adherent

supporter

buddy

disciple

Synonyms

heval

yar

hevrê

دۆست

برادهر

birader

ههڤاڵ

Translations

ami

amico

Freund

φίλος

arkadaş

amic

amicus

amigo

vriend

amigo

amie

dost

Freundin

copain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/doːst/

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)bor.
Northern Kurdish dost
Borrowed from Classical Persian دوسْت (dōst), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠dauštā⁠⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *jawštā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és, from *ǵews-.

Sentences

Ez dizanim kî dost e kî dijmin .

I know who is friend and who is enemy.