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dost.

friend

4 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. friend

  2. paramour; an illicit male or female lover

Where this word comes from

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. Ottoman Turkish دوست (dost) Turkish dost Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوست (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-.

adj

  1. friendly, compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).

    in-compounds
    Elektrikli araçların karbondioksit salınımına neden olmaması sebebiyle çevre dostu bir araç olarak kabul edilmektedir.
    esnek ve kullanıcı dostu arayüze sahip bir yazılım
Where this word comes from

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. Ottoman Turkish دوست (dost) Turkish dost Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دوست (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-.

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