"دوست" meaning in Persian

See دوست in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [doːst] [Classical-Persian], [d̪oːst̪] [Dari, formal], [d̪oːst̪] [Dari, formal], [d̪oːst̪] [Kabuli], [d̪ʊːst̪] (note: Hazaragi), [d̪uːst̪] [Iran, formal], [d̪ɵst̪] [Tajik, formal] Audio: Fa-دوست.ogg
Etymology: Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a) Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dʿsty) Persian دوست 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”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fa|inh|pal>𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩>friend|id=friend|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a) Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dʿsty) Persian دوست, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fa|pal|𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=dwst'|ts=dōst}} Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/), {{inh+|fa|pal|𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩|tr=dwst'|ts=dōst}} Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/), {{inh|fa|peo|𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠|t=friend, lover|ts=dauštā}} Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠dauštā⁠/, “friend, lover”), {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*ȷ́awštā́|tr=one who loves}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́ (one who loves), {{inh|fa|ine-pro|*ǵews-|*ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és, {{cog|sa|जोष्टृ|जोष्टा|t=lover}} Sanskrit जोष्टा (joṣṭā, “lover”) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|plural|دوستان|or|دوستها|||f1tr=dustân|f2tr=dust-hâ|f3tr=|head=دوسْت|head2=|head3=|tr=dust|tr2=|tr3=}} دوسْت • (dust) (plural دوستان (dustân) or دوستها (dust-hâ)), {{fa-noun|head=دوسْت|pl=دوستان|pl2=دوستها|tr=dust}} دوسْت • (dust) (plural دوستان (dustân) or دوستها (dust-hâ)) Inflection templates: {{fa-decl-c|dust||poss=+}}, {{prs-decl-c|dōst||poss=+}} Forms: دوسْت [canonical], dust [romanization], دوستان [plural], دوستها [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], دوست [singular], دوستها، دوستا (dust-hấ, dustấ^△) [plural], دوست را، دوست رو (dust râ, dusto^△) [definite, direct-object, singular], دوستها را، دوستا رو (dust-hấ râ, dustấ ro^△) [definite, direct-object, plural], دوست [ezafe, singular], دوستهای، دوستای (dust-hấ-ye, dustấ-ye^△) [ezafe, plural], دوستی [definite, relative, singular], دوستی [indefinite, singular, stressed], دوستهایی، دوستایی (dustấn-i, dust-hấ-i, dustấi^△) [definite, plural, relative], دوستهایی، دوستایی (dustấn-i, dust-hấ-i, dustấi^△) [indefinite, plural, stressed], no-table-tags [table-tags], دوستم [first-person, possessive, singular], دوستهایم، دوستهام، دوستام (dust-hấyam, dustấm^△) [first-person, possessive, singular], دوستت [second-person, singular], دوستهایت، دوستهات، دوستات (dust-hấyat, dustất^△) [second-person, singular], دوستش [possessive, singular, third-person], دوستهایش، دوستهاش، دوستاش (dust-hấyaš, dustấš^△) [possessive, singular, third-person], دوستمان، دوستمون (dustemân, dustemun^△) [first-person, plural, possessive], دوستهایمان، دوستهامون، دوستامون (dust-hấyemân, dustấmun^△) [first-person, plural, possessive], دوستتان، دوستتون (dustetân, dustetun^△) [plural, possessive, second-person], دوستهایتان، دوستهاتون، دوستاتون (dust-hấyetân, dustấtun^△) [plural, possessive, second-person], دوستشان، دوستشون (dustešân, dustešun^△) [plural, possessive, third-person], دوستهایشان، دوستهاشون، دوستاشون (dust-hấyešân, dustấšun^△) [plural, possessive, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], دوست [singular], dōst [singular], دوستها [plural], dōst-hā́ [plural], دوست را [definite, direct-object, singular], dōst rā́ [definite, direct-object, singular], دوست ره [Dari, colloquial, definite, direct-object, singular], dōsta [definite, direct-object, singular], دوستها را [definite, direct-object, plural], dōst-hā́ rā́ [definite, direct-object, plural], دوستا ره [Dari, colloquial, definite, direct-object, plural], dōstā́ ra [definite, direct-object, plural], دوست [error-unrecognized-form, singular], dōst-i [error-unrecognized-form, singular], دوستهای [error-unrecognized-form, plural], dōst-hā́-yi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], دوستای [Dari, colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, plural], dōstā́-yi [error-unrecognized-form, plural], دوستی [error-unrecognized-form, singular], dōst-ē [error-unrecognized-form, singular], دوستهایی [error-unrecognized-form, plural], dōstā́n-ē, dōst-hā́-ē [error-unrecognized-form, plural], دوستایی [Dari, colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, plural], dōstā́-yē [error-unrecognized-form, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], دوستم [first-person, possessive, singular], دوستهایم، دوستایم (dōst-hā́yam, dōstā́ym^△) [first-person, possessive, singular], دوستت [second-person, singular], دوستهایت، دوستایت (dōst-hā́yat, dōstā́yt^△) [second-person, singular], دوستش، دوستشِی (dōstaš, dōstšī^△) [possessive, singular, third-person], دوستهایش، دوستایش (dōst-hā́yaš, dōstā́yš^△) [possessive, singular, third-person], دوستمان، دوستما (dōstimān, dōstimā^△) [first-person, plural, possessive], دوستهایمان، دوستایما (dōst-hā́yimān, dōstā́ymā^△) [first-person, plural, possessive], دوستتان [plural, possessive, second-person], دوستهایتان، دوستایتان (dōst-hā́yitān, dōstā́ytān^△) [plural, possessive, second-person], دوستشان [plural, possessive, third-person], دوستهایشان، دوستایشان (dōst-hā́yišān, dōstā́yšān^△) [plural, possessive, third-person]
  1. friend Synonyms: جورِه Derived forms: دوسْت دَاشْتَن (dust dâštan), دوسْتانِه (dustâne), دوسْتی (dusti), دوستکام (dustkâm)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "դոստ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: դոստ (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: դոստ (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: dost"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bal",
            "2": "دوست",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "dost"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Baluchi: دوست (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Baluchi: دوست (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "дуҫ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: дуҫ (duś)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: дуҫ (duś)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "দোস্ত",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: দোস্ত (dōsto)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: দোস্ত (dōsto)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Crimean Tatar: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Crimean Tatar: dost"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sce",
            "2": "dosi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dongxiang: dosi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dongxiang: dosi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "દોસ્ત",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: દોસ્ત (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: દોસ્ત (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "दोस्त",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: दोस्त (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: दोस्त (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "దోస్తు",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: దోస్తు (dōstu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: దోస్తు (dōstu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "დოსტი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: დოსტი (dosṭi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: დოსტი (dosṭi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "дос",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: дос (dos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: дос (dos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: dost"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "дос",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: дос (dos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kyrgyz: дос (dos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "ദോസ്ത്",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: ദോസ്ത് (dōstŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: ദോസ്ത് (dōstŭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "朵斯提",
            "3": "多斯提",
            "4": "朵斯達尼",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin: 朵斯提 (duǒsītí), 多斯提 (duōsītí), 朵斯達尼 /朵斯达尼 (duǒsīdání)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 朵斯提 (duǒsītí), 多斯提 (duōsītí), 朵斯達尼 /朵斯达尼 (duǒsīdání)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "دوست",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "dost"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: دوست (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: دوست (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਦੋਸਤ",
            "3": "دوست",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਦੋਸਤ (dosat), دوست (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਦੋਸਤ (dosat), دوست (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: dost"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "دوسْت",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: دوسْت (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: دوسْت (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "دوست",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: دوست (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: دوست (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "doʻst",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: doʻst",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: doʻst"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zza",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zazaki: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zazaki: dost"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "pal>𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩>friend",
        "id": "friend",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nOld Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a)\nMiddle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dʿsty)\nPersian دوست",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "dwst'",
        "ts": "dōst"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩",
        "tr": "dwst'",
        "ts": "dōst"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠",
        "t": "friend, lover",
        "ts": "dauštā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠dauštā⁠/, “friend, lover”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ȷ́awštā́",
        "tr": "one who loves"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́ (one who loves)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-",
        "4": "*ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "जोष्टृ",
        "3": "जोष्टा",
        "t": "lover"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जोष्टा (joṣṭā, “lover”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nOld Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a)\nMiddle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dʿsty)\nPersian دوست\nInherited 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "دوسْت",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dust",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستان",
      "roman": "dustân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها",
      "roman": "dust-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-decl-c",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "roman": "dust",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها، دوستا (dust-hấ, dustấ^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست را، دوست رو (dust râ, dusto^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها را، دوستا رو (dust-hấ râ, dustấ ro^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "roman": "dust-e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهای، دوستای (dust-hấ-ye, dustấ-ye^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستی",
      "roman": "dust-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستی",
      "roman": "dust-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایی، دوستایی (dustấn-i, dust-hấ-i, dustấi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایی، دوستایی (dustấn-i, dust-hấ-i, dustấi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-decl-c",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستم",
      "roman": "dustam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایم، دوستهام، دوستام (dust-hấyam, dustấm^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستت",
      "roman": "dustat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایت، دوستهات، دوستات (dust-hấyat, dustất^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستش",
      "roman": "dustaš",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایش، دوستهاش، دوستاش (dust-hấyaš, dustấš^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستمان، دوستمون (dustemân, dustemun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایمان، دوستهامون، دوستامون (dust-hấyemân, dustấmun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستتان، دوستتون (dustetân, dustetun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایتان، دوستهاتون، دوستاتون (dust-hấyetân, dustấtun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستشان، دوستشون (dustešân, dustešun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایشان، دوستهاشون، دوستاشون (dust-hấyešân, dustấšun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prs-decl-c",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-hā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست را",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst rā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست ره",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōsta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها را",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-hā́ rā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستا ره",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōstā́ ra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهای",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-hā́-yi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستای",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōstā́-yi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-ē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōstā́n-ē, dōst-hā́-ē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستایی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōstā́-yē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prs-decl-c",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستم",
      "roman": "dōstam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایم، دوستایم (dōst-hā́yam, dōstā́ym^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستت",
      "roman": "dōstat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایت، دوستایت (dōst-hā́yat, dōstā́yt^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستش، دوستشِی (dōstaš, dōstšī^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایش، دوستایش (dōst-hā́yaš, dōstā́yš^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستمان، دوستما (dōstimān, dōstimā^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایمان، دوستایما (dōst-hā́yimān, dōstā́ymā^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستتان",
      "roman": "dōstitān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایتان، دوستایتان (dōst-hā́yitān, dōstā́ytān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستشان",
      "roman": "dōstišān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایشان، دوستایشان (dōst-hā́yišān, dōstā́yšān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "دوستان",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "دوستها",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "dustân",
        "f2tr": "dust-hâ",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "دوسْت",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "dust",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "دوسْت • (dust) (plural دوستان (dustân) or دوستها (dust-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "دوسْت",
        "pl": "دوستان",
        "pl2": "دوستها",
        "tr": "dust"
      },
      "expansion": "دوسْت • (dust) (plural دوستان (dustân) or دوستها (dust-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dust",
        "2": "",
        "poss": "+"
      },
      "name": "fa-decl-c"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dōst",
        "2": "",
        "poss": "+"
      },
      "name": "prs-decl-c"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:prs-poss-c",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology trees",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "dust dâštan",
          "word": "دوسْت دَاشْتَن"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dustâne",
          "word": "دوسْتانِه"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dusti",
          "word": "دوسْتی"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dustkâm",
          "word": "دوستکام"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "See the friends! Where is the sign of (true) friends?\nTo (true) friends pain is as (dear as) life.”",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1458:",
          "roman": "dōstān bīn, kū nišān-i dōstān\ndōstān rā ranj bāšad hamču jān",
          "text": "دوستان بین، کو نشان دوستان\nدوستان را رنج باشد همچو جان",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "friend"
      ],
      "id": "en-دوست-fa-noun-zeSFN8os",
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "جورِه"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[doːst]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪oːst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪oːst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪oːst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ʊːst̪]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪uːst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɵst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-دوست.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/Fa-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA.ogg/Fa-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Fa-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "دوست"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "dust dâštan",
      "word": "دوسْت دَاشْتَن"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dustâne",
      "word": "دوسْتانِه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dusti",
      "word": "دوسْتی"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dustkâm",
      "word": "دوستکام"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "դոստ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: դոստ (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: դոստ (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: dost"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bal",
            "2": "دوست",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "dost"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Baluchi: دوست (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Baluchi: دوست (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "дуҫ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: дуҫ (duś)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: дуҫ (duś)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "দোস্ত",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: দোস্ত (dōsto)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: দোস্ত (dōsto)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crh",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Crimean Tatar: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Crimean Tatar: dost"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sce",
            "2": "dosi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dongxiang: dosi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dongxiang: dosi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "દોસ્ત",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: દોસ્ત (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: દોસ્ત (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "दोस्त",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: दोस्त (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: दोस्त (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "దోస్తు",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: దోస్తు (dōstu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: దోస్తు (dōstu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ka",
            "2": "დოსტი",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Georgian: დოსტი (dosṭi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Georgian: დოსტი (dosṭi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kk",
            "2": "дос",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kazakh: дос (dos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kazakh: дос (dos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kmr",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Northern Kurdish: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Northern Kurdish: dost"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ky",
            "2": "дос",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kyrgyz: дос (dos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kyrgyz: дос (dos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "ദോസ്ത്",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: ദോസ്ത് (dōstŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: ദോസ്ത് (dōstŭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "朵斯提",
            "3": "多斯提",
            "4": "朵斯達尼",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin: 朵斯提 (duǒsītí), 多斯提 (duōsītí), 朵斯達尼 /朵斯达尼 (duǒsīdání)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 朵斯提 (duǒsītí), 多斯提 (duōsītí), 朵斯達尼 /朵斯达尼 (duǒsīdání)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ps",
            "2": "دوست",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "dost"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pashto: دوست (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pashto: دوست (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pa",
            "2": "ਦੋਸਤ",
            "3": "دوست",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਦੋਸਤ (dosat), دوست (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Punjabi: ਦੋਸਤ (dosat), دوست (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: dost"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "دوسْت",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: دوسْت (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: دوسْت (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "دوست",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: دوست (dost)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: دوست (dost)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "doʻst",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: doʻst",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: doʻst"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zza",
            "2": "dost",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zazaki: dost",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zazaki: dost"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "pal>𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩>friend",
        "id": "friend",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nOld Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a)\nMiddle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dʿsty)\nPersian دوست",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "dwst'",
        "ts": "dōst"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩",
        "tr": "dwst'",
        "ts": "dōst"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /⁠dōst⁠/)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠",
        "t": "friend, lover",
        "ts": "dauštā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /⁠dauštā⁠/, “friend, lover”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*ȷ́awštā́",
        "tr": "one who loves"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́ (one who loves)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-",
        "4": "*ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "जोष्टृ",
        "3": "जोष्टा",
        "t": "lover"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जोष्टा (joṣṭā, “lover”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nOld Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a)\nMiddle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dʿsty)\nPersian دوست\nInherited 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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "دوسْت",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dust",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستان",
      "roman": "dustân",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها",
      "roman": "dust-hâ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-decl-c",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "roman": "dust",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها، دوستا (dust-hấ, dustấ^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست را، دوست رو (dust râ, dusto^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها را، دوستا رو (dust-hấ râ, dustấ ro^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "roman": "dust-e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهای، دوستای (dust-hấ-ye, dustấ-ye^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ezafe",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستی",
      "roman": "dust-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستی",
      "roman": "dust-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایی، دوستایی (dustấn-i, dust-hấ-i, dustấi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایی، دوستایی (dustấn-i, dust-hấ-i, dustấi^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fa-decl-c",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستم",
      "roman": "dustam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایم، دوستهام، دوستام (dust-hấyam, dustấm^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستت",
      "roman": "dustat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایت، دوستهات، دوستات (dust-hấyat, dustất^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستش",
      "roman": "dustaš",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایش، دوستهاش، دوستاش (dust-hấyaš, dustấš^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستمان، دوستمون (dustemân, dustemun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایمان، دوستهامون، دوستامون (dust-hấyemân, dustấmun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستتان، دوستتون (dustetân, dustetun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایتان، دوستهاتون، دوستاتون (dust-hấyetân, dustấtun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستشان، دوستشون (dustešân, dustešun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایشان، دوستهاشون، دوستاشون (dust-hấyešân, dustấšun^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prs-decl-c",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-hā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست را",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst rā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست ره",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōsta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستها را",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-hā́ rā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستا ره",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōstā́ ra",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "direct-object",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوست",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهای",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-hā́-yi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستای",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōstā́-yi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōst-ē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōstā́n-ē, dōst-hā́-ē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستایی",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dōstā́-yē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prs-decl-c",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستم",
      "roman": "dōstam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایم، دوستایم (dōst-hā́yam, dōstā́ym^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "possessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستت",
      "roman": "dōstat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایت، دوستایت (dōst-hā́yat, dōstā́yt^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستش، دوستشِی (dōstaš, dōstšī^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایش، دوستایش (dōst-hā́yaš, dōstā́yš^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستمان، دوستما (dōstimān, dōstimā^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایمان، دوستایما (dōst-hā́yimān, dōstā́ymā^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "possessive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستتان",
      "roman": "dōstitān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایتان، دوستایتان (dōst-hā́yitān, dōstā́ytān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستشان",
      "roman": "dōstišān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "دوستهایشان، دوستایشان (dōst-hā́yišān, dōstā́yšān^△)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "possessive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "دوستان",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "دوستها",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "dustân",
        "f2tr": "dust-hâ",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "دوسْت",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "dust",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "دوسْت • (dust) (plural دوستان (dustân) or دوستها (dust-hâ))",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "دوسْت",
        "pl": "دوستان",
        "pl2": "دوستها",
        "tr": "dust"
      },
      "expansion": "دوسْت • (dust) (plural دوستان (dustân) or دوستها (dust-hâ))",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dust",
        "2": "",
        "poss": "+"
      },
      "name": "fa-decl-c"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dōst",
        "2": "",
        "poss": "+"
      },
      "name": "prs-decl-c"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
        "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:prs-poss-c",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Persian entries with etymology trees",
        "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Persian lemmas",
        "Persian nouns",
        "Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
        "Persian terms derived from Old Persian",
        "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian",
        "Persian terms inherited from Old Persian",
        "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "See the friends! Where is the sign of (true) friends?\nTo (true) friends pain is as (dear as) life.”",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1458:",
          "roman": "dōstān bīn, kū nišān-i dōstān\ndōstān rā ranj bāšad hamču jān",
          "text": "دوستان بین، کو نشان دوستان\nدوستان را رنج باشد همچو جان",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "friend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "جورِه"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[doːst]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪oːst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪oːst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪oːst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ʊːst̪]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪uːst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɵst̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-دوست.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/Fa-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA.ogg/Fa-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Fa-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "دوست"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Persian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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