# dost
## English
### Alternative forms

* doest, do'st

### Etymology

From do +‎ -st.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʌst/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Homophone: dust
* Rhymes: -ʌst

### Verb

dost
* (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of do

#### Usage notes

Dost and doth are generally used as auxiliary verbs; doest and doeth are generally used as main verbs.

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:dost.

#### Related terms

* didst
* do
* doth
* thou

### Anagrams

* stød, DTOs, ToDs, TODs, T.O.D.s, T. o. D.s, T.o.D.s, T. O. D.s, dots, stod, ODTs, tods, DOTs

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From Classical Persian دوست (dōst).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dost]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)
* friend
    Synonyms: rəfiq, arxadaş

#### Derived terms

* dostluq (“friendship”)
* dost-tanış (“friends and acquaintances”)

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Persian دوست.

### Noun

dost
* friend

#### Derived terms

* dost olmaq
* dost-eş
* dostane
* dostça
* dostlaşmaq
* dostluq (“friendship”)

#### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “dost”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* dosti

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dosti, dost, from Old Czech do- + syt. Compare Polish dość.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdost]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

dost
* enough
* pretty, rather

### Further reading

* “dost”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “dost”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “dost”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Classical Persian دوست (dōst).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doːst/

### Noun

dost ?
* friend

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Dosten.

### Noun

dost n (plural dosturi)
* oregano

#### Declension
### References

* dost in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Clipping of dosta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dôst/

### Adverb

dost (Cyrillic spelling дост)
* (colloquial) enough, sufficiently
* (colloquial) lots of, plenty of
* (colloquial) rather, quite (+ adjective or adverb)
    Dost depresivno... ― So depressing...

#### Synonyms

* dosta

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوست (dost, “lover, friend, sweetheart”), from Classical Persian دوست (dōst), Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠dauštā⁠/, “friend, lover”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́ (one who loves), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)
* friend (often, arkadaş is used instead of dost)
    Synonym: (informal) kanka
* paramour; an illicit male or female lover
    Synonyms: (a female paramour) metres, (slang) zamazingo

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
dost
dostlar
definite accusative
dostu
dostları
dative
dosta
dostlara
locative
dostta
dostlarda
ablative
dosttan
dostlardan
genitive
dostun
dostların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
dostum
dostlarım
2nd singular
dostun
dostların
3rd singular
dostu
dostları
1st plural
dostumuz
dostlarımız
2nd plural
dostunuz
dostlarınız
3rd plural
dostları
dostları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
dostumu
dostlarımı
2nd singular
dostunu
dostlarını
3rd singular
dostunu
dostlarını
1st plural
dostumuzu
dostlarımızı
2nd plural
dostunuzu
dostlarınızı
3rd plural
dostlarını
dostlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
dostuma
dostlarıma
2nd singular
dostuna
dostlarına
3rd singular
dostuna
dostlarına
1st plural
dostumuza
dostlarımıza
2nd plural
dostunuza
dostlarınıza
3rd plural
dostlarına
dostlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
dostumda
dostlarımda
2nd singular
dostunda
dostlarında
3rd singular
dostunda
dostlarında
1st plural
dostumuzda
dostlarımızda
2nd plural
dostunuzda
dostlarınızda
3rd plural
dostlarında
dostlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
dostumdan
dostlarımdan
2nd singular
dostundan
dostlarından
3rd singular
dostundan
dostlarından
1st plural
dostumuzdan
dostlarımızdan
2nd plural
dostunuzdan
dostlarınızdan
3rd plural
dostlarından
dostlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
dostumun
dostlarımın
2nd singular
dostunun
dostlarının
3rd singular
dostunun
dostlarının
1st plural
dostumuzun
dostlarımızın
2nd plural
dostunuzun
dostlarınızın
3rd plural
dostlarının
dostlarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
dostum
dostlarım
2nd singular
dostsun
dostlarsın
3rd singular
dost dosttur
dostlar dostlardır
1st plural
dostuz
dostlarız
2nd plural
dostsunuz
dostlarsınız
3rd plural
dostlar
dostlardır :

#### Antonyms

* düşman

#### Derived terms

* dostça
* dostla
* dostluk
* dostsa
* dostsuz
* dostsuzluk

#### Related terms

* dost hayatı
* dost hayatı yaşamak

### See also

* arkadaş

### References

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوست”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 921

## Turkmen
### Etymology

From Classical Persian دوست (dōst).

### Noun

dost (definite accusative dosty, plural dostlar)
* friend, mate
* friend (term of address)

#### Derived terms

* dostlaşmaq (“to befriend”)
* dostluk (“friendship”)
* dostlukly (“friendly”)
* dostparaz (“friendly”)
* dostparazçylyk
* dostparazlyk

### Further reading

* “dost” in Enedilim.com
* “dost” in Webonary.org

## Waigali
### Alternative forms

* dōšt (Zhonchigal)

### Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *dasta, alteration of Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- (“hand”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdost/

### Noun

dost (Nisheigram)
* hand

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “dost”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎
* Jakob Halfmann (2022) Advances in the historical phonology of the Nuristani languages, in 'International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction 19, page 127

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔst/

### Adjective

dost
* Soft mutation of tost.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Zazaki
### Etymology

From Persian دوست (dôst).

### Noun

dost
* friend
    Synonyms: olboz, ombaz