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Where does “بشردوستی” come from?

بشردوستی (Persian) comes from Persian دوستی, from Persian دوست, from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩, from Old Persian 𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠, from Proto-Iranian *jawštā́.

بشردوستی (Persian): humanitarianism

Definitions

  1. humanitarianism

Ancestry of “بشردوستی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianدوستیfriendship
2Persianدوستfriend
3Middle Persian𐭣𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭩—
4Old Persian𐎭𐎢𐏁𐎫𐎠—
5Proto-Iranian*jawštā́—
Every word from Proto-Iranian *jawštā́ →