The technical term, kalyãna-mitta, is translated as "noble or good friend." In American Buddhism, this has been updated to mean the friendly relationship between practitioners of the tradition, not just the relationship between a monk preceptor and his younger (in the practice) colleague.
The more common term for "friendliness," of course, is mettã (Sanskrit, maitre), often translated as "loving-kindness." I think "friendliness" is a better translation (see the Mettã Sutta, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/khp/khp.9.amar.html). Mettã is one of the four brahma vihãras, the divine or sublime abodes or mental states that Buddhists aspire to cultivate to reside continuously in enlightened or "godlike" being.
When I finished the video on Dubrovnik I wanted to just move on and not do any more edits to it. Now I think I might make it part of another video about the Eastern Mediterranean maritime republics of the 14th to the 16th century. We'll see.
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