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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دوستانه (dōstāna). By surface analysis, दोस्त (dost, “friend”) + -आना (-ānā). Compare Punjabi ਦੋਸਤਾਨਾ (dostānā) / دوستانہ (dostānh), Sindhi دوستاڻو / दोस्ताणो.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪oːs.t̪ɑː.nɑː/,
Adjective
दोस्ताना • (dostānā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دوسْتَانَہ)
- friendly
- uranian, gay
Noun
दोस्ताना • (dostānā) m
- quality of having a friendly relationship
- (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.
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Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दोस्ताना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “दोस्ताना”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.