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What is the name for friend in other languages?

Here are some words for "friend" in various languages:

Romance Languages:

* Spanish: amigo (masculine), amiga (feminine)

* Italian: amico (masculine), amica (feminine)

* French: ami (masculine), amie (feminine)

* Portuguese: amigo (masculine), amiga (feminine)

* Romanian: prieten (masculine), prietenă (feminine)

Germanic Languages:

* German: Freund (masculine), Freundin (feminine)

* Dutch: vriend (masculine), vriendin (feminine)

* Swedish: vän (common gender)

* Danish: ven (common gender)

* Norwegian: venn (common gender)

* English: friend (common gender)

Slavic Languages:

* Russian: друг (druɡ) (masculine), подруга (podruɡa) (feminine)

* Polish: przyjaciel (masculine), przyjaciółka (feminine)

* Czech: přítel (masculine), přítelkyně (feminine)

* Ukrainian: друг (druh) (masculine), подруга (podruha) (feminine)

Other Languages:

* Chinese: 朋友 (péngyou)

* Japanese: 友達 (tomodachi)

* Korean: 친구 (chingu)

* Arabic: صديق (ṣadīq) (masculine), صديقة (ṣadīqa) (feminine)

* Hindi: दोस्त (dost)

* Greek: φίλος (phílos) (masculine), φίλη (phíli) (feminine)

* Turkish: arkadaş (common gender)

This is just a small sample of the many languages spoken around the world. It's interesting to see how different cultures express the concept of friendship!

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