"दोस्त" meaning in Hindi

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Noun

IPA: /d̪oːst̪/ [Delhi]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian دوست (dōst). Compare Assamese দোস্ত (dost), Bengali দোস্ত (dōsto), Gujarati દોસ્ત (dost), Punjabi ਦੋਸਤ (dost). Etymology templates: {{root|hi|ine-pro|*ǵews-}}, {{bor+|hi|fa-cls|دوست|tr=dōst}} Borrowed from Classical Persian دوست (dōst), {{cog|as|দোস্ত|tr=dost}} Assamese দোস্ত (dost), {{cog|bn|দোস্ত}} Bengali দোস্ত (dōsto), {{cog|gu|દોસ્ત}} Gujarati દોસ્ત (dost), {{cog|pa|ਦੋਸਤ|tr=dost}} Punjabi ਦੋਸਤ (dost) Head templates: {{hi-noun|g=m|ur=دوست}} दोस्त • (dost) m (Urdu spelling دوست) Inflection templates: {{hi-ndecl|<M>}} Forms: dost [romanization], دوست [Urdu], no-table-tags [table-tags], दोस्त [direct, singular], दोस्त [direct, plural], दोस्त [oblique, singular], दोस्तों [oblique, plural], दोस्त [singular, vocative], दोस्तो [plural, vocative]
  1. friend Synonyms: मित्र, मीत [poetic], यार Related terms: दोस्ती (dostī)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "دوست",
        "tr": "dōst"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian دوست (dōst)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "as",
        "2": "দোস্ত",
        "tr": "dost"
      },
      "expansion": "Assamese দোস্ত (dost)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bn",
        "2": "দোস্ত"
      },
      "expansion": "Bengali দোস্ত (dōsto)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "દોસ્ત"
      },
      "expansion": "Gujarati દોસ્ત (dost)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ਦੋਸਤ",
        "tr": "dost"
      },
      "expansion": "Punjabi ਦੋਸਤ (dost)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian دوست (dōst). Compare Assamese দোস্ত (dost), Bengali দোস্ত (dōsto), Gujarati દોસ્ત (dost), Punjabi ਦੋਸਤ (dost).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dost",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "tags": [
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्त",
      "roman": "dost",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्त",
      "roman": "dost",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्त",
      "roman": "dost",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्तों",
      "roman": "dostõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्त",
      "roman": "dost",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्तो",
      "roman": "dosto",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "ur": "دوست"
      },
      "expansion": "दोस्त • (dost) m (Urdu spelling دوست)",
      "name": "hi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<M>"
      },
      "name": "hi-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hindi",
  "lang_code": "hi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Assamese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hindi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Punjabi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "hi",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "hi:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How's it going, friends?",
          "roman": "kyā hāl hai dosto?",
          "text": "क्या हाल है दोस्तो?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "friend"
      ],
      "id": "en-दोस्त-hi-noun-zeSFN8os",
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "dostī",
          "word": "दोस्ती"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "मित्र"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "मीत"
        },
        {
          "word": "यार"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪oːst̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "दोस्त"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "دوست",
        "tr": "dōst"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Classical Persian دوست (dōst)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "as",
        "2": "দোস্ত",
        "tr": "dost"
      },
      "expansion": "Assamese দোস্ত (dost)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bn",
        "2": "দোস্ত"
      },
      "expansion": "Bengali দোস্ত (dōsto)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gu",
        "2": "દોસ્ત"
      },
      "expansion": "Gujarati દોસ્ત (dost)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ਦੋਸਤ",
        "tr": "dost"
      },
      "expansion": "Punjabi ਦੋਸਤ (dost)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian دوست (dōst). Compare Assamese দোস্ত (dost), Bengali দোস্ত (dōsto), Gujarati દોસ્ત (dost), Punjabi ਦੋਸਤ (dost).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dost",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "tags": [
        "Urdu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्त",
      "roman": "dost",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्त",
      "roman": "dost",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्त",
      "roman": "dost",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्तों",
      "roman": "dostõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्त",
      "roman": "dost",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "दोस्तो",
      "roman": "dosto",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "ur": "دوست"
      },
      "expansion": "दोस्त • (dost) m (Urdu spelling دوست)",
      "name": "hi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<M>"
      },
      "name": "hi-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hindi",
  "lang_code": "hi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "dostī",
      "word": "दोस्ती"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Assamese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Hindi entries with incorrect language header",
        "Hindi lemmas",
        "Hindi masculine consonant-stem nouns",
        "Hindi masculine nouns",
        "Hindi nouns",
        "Hindi terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
        "Hindi terms derived from Classical Persian",
        "Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵews-",
        "Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hindi terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Punjabi terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "hi:People"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How's it going, friends?",
          "roman": "kyā hāl hai dosto?",
          "text": "क्या हाल है दोस्तो?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "friend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "मित्र"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "मीत"
        },
        {
          "word": "यार"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪oːst̪/",
      "tags": [
        "Delhi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "दोस्त"
}

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