दोस्ताना

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوستانه (dōstāna). By surface analysis, दोस्त (dost, “friend”) +‎ -आना (-ānā). Compare Punjabi ਦੋਸਤਾਨਾ (dostānā) / دوستانہ (dostānh), Sindhi دوستاڻو / दोस्ताणो.

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪oːs.t̪ɑː.nɑː/, [d̪oːs.t̪äː.näː]

दोस्ताना • (dostānā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دوسْتَانَہ)

1. friendly
2. uranian, gay

दोस्ताना • (dostānā) m

1. quality of having a friendly relationship
2. (euphemistic) quality of having intimacy or relationship between same sex
   • 2017, Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai, episode 731, spoken by Anita MIshra (Saumya Tandon):

     अरे अंगूरी जी, कैसे समझाऊँ? आपको पता है तिवारी जी विभू के साथ दोस्ताना निभा रहें हैं।

     are aṅgūrī jī, kaise samjhāū̃? āpko patā hai tivārī jī vibhū ke sāth dostānā nibhā rahẽ ha͠i.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दोस्ताना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “दोस्ताना”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.