different between dewan vs dewar

English

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (d?v?n)/Urdu ?????? (d?v?n), from Persian ?????? (divân); see it for more. Doublet of douane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??w??n/

Noun

dewan (plural dewans)

1. (historical) A holder of any of various offices in various (usually Islamic) countries, usually some sort of councillor.

Anagrams

• awned, wande, waned

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dewan, from Persian ?????? (divân), from Middle Persian d(p)yw?n' (d?w?n, “archive, collected writings”). Compare to Hindi ????? (d?v?n), Ottoman Turkish ?????? (dîvân), Dutch douane. Doublet of duane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?wan/
• Hyphenation: dè?wan

Noun

dèwan (first-person possessive dewanku, second-person possessive dewanmu, third-person possessive dewannya)

1. court, council.

   Synonyms: majelis, mahkamah

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dewan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Persian ?????? (d?v?n).

Noun

dewan (Jawi spelling ??????, plural dewan-dewan, informal 1st possessive dewanku, impolite 2nd possessive dewanmu, 3rd possessive dewannya)

1. hall
2. council

Descendants

• Indonesian: dewan

Further reading

• “dewan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

English

Alternative forms

• Dewar

Etymology

From the name of inventor James Dewar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?du?.?/
• Homophone: doer

Noun

dewar (plural dewars)

1. A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.

Synonyms

• Dewar bulb
• Dewar flask
• Dewar tube
• Dewar vessel
• vacuum flask

Translations

See also

• thermos

Anagrams

• Warde, adrew, drawe, wader, wared