• doest, do'st

From do +‎ -st.

• IPA^(key): /dʌst/

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• Homophones: dussed, dust
• Rhymes: -ʌst

dost

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of do

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

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

• 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

From Proto-Nuristani *dasta, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰóstos, from *ǵʰes- (“hand”).^[1]

dost (Sanu)^[2]

1. hand

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-.

• IPA^(key): [dost]

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dost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)

1. friend

   Synonyms: rəfiq, arxadaş

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

Borrowed 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-.

dost

1. friend

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “dost”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• dosti

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdost]

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dost

1. enough
2. pretty, rather

• “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), 2008–2026

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-.

• IPA^(key): /doːst/

dost ?

1. friend

Borrowed from German Dosten.

dost n (plural dosturi)

1. oregano

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

Clipping of dosta.

• IPA^(key): /dôst/

dost (Cyrillic spelling дост)

1. (colloquial) enough, sufficiently
2. (colloquial) lots of, plenty of
3. (colloquial) rather, quite (+ adjective or adverb)

   Dost depresivno... ― So depressing...

• dosta

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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dost (definite accusative dostu, plural dostlar)

1. friend

   Synonym: (informal) kanka

2. paramour; an illicit male or female lover

   Synonyms: (a female paramour) metres, (slang) zamazingo

• (friend): Often, arkadaş is used instead of dost.

• düşman

• arkadaş

... dostu

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

   Elektrikli araçların karbondioksit salınımına neden olmaması sebebiyle çevre dostu bir araç olarak kabul edilmektedir.

   Since electric vehicles do not cause carbon dioxide emissions, they are considered an environmentally friendly vehicle.

   esnek ve kullanıcı dostu arayüze sahip bir yazılım

   software with a flexible and user-friendly interface

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دوست”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 921

Other scripts
Latin	dost‍
Cyrillic	дост‍
Arabic	دوست

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-.

dost (definite accusative dosty, plural dostlar)

1. friend, mate
2. friend (term of address)

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

• dōšt (Zhonchigal)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdost/

dost (Nisheigram)^[1]

1. hand

• Jakob Halfmann (2022) Advances in the historical phonology of the Nuristani languages, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction 19, page 127

• IPA^(key): /dɔst/

dost

1. soft mutation of tost

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-.

dost

1. friend

   Synonyms: olboz, ombaz

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