دوستدار

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /doːst.ˈdaːɾ/

(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


Iranian Persian	دوستدار
Dari	دوستدار
Tajik	дӯстдор

دوستدار • (dustdâr)

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