diminutive of Freund (“friend”) · a term of address used in warning someone, quite aggressive-sounding when used towards a stranger: buddy; mate; sunshine
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *ǵéws-tōr ~ *ǵus-tr-és Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́ Proto-Iranian *jawštā́ Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /dauštā/) Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /dōst/) Persian دوست Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩 (dwst' /dōst/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠 (d-u-š-t-a /dauštā/), from Proto-Iranian *jawštā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́awštā́,…
aile: دوست داشتن, دوستانه, دوستکام, دوستی
دوستان بین، کو نشان دوستان دوستان را رنج باشد همچو جان
köken: Either a loan from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend, boyfriend”), or a blend of kamraati + toveri. The former of these is now considered more likely. The word is also attested in the sense “companion (in crime)”, so it may have originated in argot.