# دوست
## Baluchi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوسْت (dōst).

### Noun

دوست • (dost)
* friend

## Chagatai
### Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian دوسْت (dōst), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠daušta⁠/).

### Noun

دوست (dost) (plural دوستلار)
* friend

## Pashto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوسْت (dōst).

### Noun

دوست • (dost) m (plural دوستان (dostân))
* (obsolete, unfashionable) friend
    Synonym: ملګری (mëlgëray)

#### Declension
### References

* 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
### Etymology

Inherited from 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. Cognate with Sanskrit जोष्टा (joṣṭā, “lover”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [doːst]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪oːst̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪oːst̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪oːst̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ʊːst̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪uːst̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪ɵst̪]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

دوسْت • (dust) (plural دوستان (dustân) or دوست‌ها (dust-hâ))
* friend
    Synonym: جورِه (jure)
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1458:دوستان بین، کو نشان دوستان دوستان را رنج باشد همچو جانdōstān bīn, kū nišān-i dōstān dōstān rā ranj bāšad hamču jānSee the friends! Where is the sign of (true) friends? To (true) friends pain is as (dear as) life.”

#### Inflection

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#### Derived terms

* دوسْت دَاشْتَن (dust dâštan)
* دوسْتانِه (dustâne)
* دوسْتی (dusti)
* دوستکام (dustkâm)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: դոստ (dost)
* → Azerbaijani: dost
* → Baluchi: دوست (dost)
* → Bashkir: дуҫ (duś)
* → Bengali: দোস্ত (dōsto)
* → 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)
* → Mandarin: 朵斯提 (duǒsītí), 多斯提 (duōsītí), 朵斯達尼 / 朵斯达尼 (duǒsīdání)
* → Pashto: دوست (dost)
* → Punjabi: ਦੋਸਤ (dosat), دوست (dost)
* → Turkish: dost
* → Urdu: دوسْت (dost)
* → Uyghur: دوست (dost)
* → Uzbek: doʻst
* → Zazaki: dost

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوسْت (dōst), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to taste, to try”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪oːst̪/
* Rhymes: -oːst̪

### Noun

دوسْت • (dost) m (Hindi spelling दोस्त)
* friend
    Synonyms: یار (yār), مِتْر (mitr)

#### Related terms

* دوسْتی (dostī, “friendship”)
* سَہیلی (sahelī, “female friend”)

### References

* “دوست”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “دوست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Uyghur
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /dost/

### Noun

دوست • (dost) (plural دوستلار (dostlar))
* friend
    Synonyms: ئاداش (adash), ئاغىنە (aghine), ئۈلپەت (ülpet)
    دۈشمەننىڭ دۈشمىنى دوست.düshmenning düshmini dost.An enemy of an enemy is a friend.

#### Usage notes

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.