دوستانہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوستانه (dōstāna). Compare Punjabi ਦੋਸਤਾਨਾ (dostānā) / دوستانہ (dostānh), Sindhi دوستاڻو / दोस्ताणो.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪oːs.t̪ɑː.nɑː/

Adjective

دوسْتانَہ • (dostāna) (Hindi spelling दोस्ताना)

1. friendly

Further reading

• “دوستانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دوستانہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دوست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “دوستانه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.