دوستانہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian دوستانه (dustâne). Compare Punjabi ਦੋਸਤਾਨਾ (dostānā) / دوستانہ (dostānh), Sindhi دوستاڻو / दोस्ताणो.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪oːs.t̪ɑː.nɑː/
Adjective
دوسْتانَہ • (dostānā) (Hindi spelling दोस्ताना)
- friendly
Further reading
- “دوستانہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دوستانہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- 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.