دوستدار

Persian

Etymology

Compound of دوست (dust, “friend”) +‎ ـدار (-dâr, suffix indicating ownership)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [doːst.ˈdɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːst̪.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪oːst̪.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪oːst̪.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊːst̪.d̪ɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uːst̪.d̪ɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɵst̪.d̪ɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dōstdār
Dari reading?	dōstdār
Iranian reading?	dustdâr
Tajik reading?	düstdor

Noun

Dari	دوستدار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дӯстдор

دوستدار • (dustdâr)

1. lover, loving friend
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1062:

     هر چه کاری از برای او بکار
     چون اسیر دوستی ای دوستدار

     har či kārī az barāy-i ō bi-kār
     čōn asīr-i dōst-ē ay dōstdār

     Whatever you sow, sow for His sake,
     inasmuch as you are the Beloved's captive, O lover.

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دوست دار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul