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divan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French, from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (dîvân), from Persian ?????? (divân), from Middle Persian dyw?n' (d?w?n, “archive; collected writings”), from Sumerian ???? (dub). Compare mattress, from Arabic (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans). Doublet of dewan.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??væn/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??væn/, /?da?.væn/
Noun
divan (plural divans)
- (now historical) A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).
- The council chamber where this court is held; (by extension), any court of justice.
- (now rare) Any council or assembly.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.10:
- Startled at such an unaccountable event, they sat in close divan; and concluding that the case was in all respects unnatural and prodigious, desired that a messenger might be immediately dispatched for some male practitioner in the art of midwifery.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.10:
- A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and either on the floor or an elevated structure.
- A smoking-room.
- A collection of poems, especially one written by one author in Arabic or Persian.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Davin, Navid, viand
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Ultimately from Persian ?????? (divân).
Noun
divan (definite accusative divan?, plural divanlar)
- divan (council)
Declension
Related terms
- ?hli-divan
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?van]
Noun
divan m
- (furniture): divan
See also
- pohovka
Further reading
- divan in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- divan in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French divan, from Ottoman Turkish ??????, from Persian ??????.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.v?n/
- Hyphenation: di?van
Noun
divan m (plural divans)
- A divan (piece of furniture).
Derived terms
- divanbed
- divankleed
Related terms
- douane
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (dîvân), from Persian ?????? (divân).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.v??/
Noun
divan m (plural divans)
- Any type of undistinguished couch.
- A divan in either of the original Turkish senses.
Synonyms
- (a couch): canapé (Europe), sofa
Descendants
- ? English: divan
- ? German: Diwan
- ? Portuguese: divã
Further reading
- “divan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Mauritian Creole
Etymology 1
From French avant
Alternative forms
- avan
Preposition
divan
- before
- ahead
Etymology 2
From French vent
Preposition
divan
- the wind
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (dîvân), from Persian ?????? (divân).
Noun
divan n (plural divane)
- divan
See also
- canapea
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *div?n?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dî??an/
- Hyphenation: di?van
Adjective
d?van (definite d?vn?, comparative divniji, Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- wonderful
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (dîvân), from Persian ?????? (divân).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??a?n/
- Hyphenation: di?van
Noun
dìv?n m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- divan (furniture)
- divan (council)
- divan (collection of poems)
- (historical) court, tribunal (in Ottoman period)
- (regional) conversation, word
Declension
Derived terms
- divániti
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (dîvân), from Persian ??????, from Middle Persian d(p)yw?n' (d?w?n, “archive, collected writings”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?van/
Noun
divan (definite accusative divan?, plural divanlar)
- divan (all senses)
Declension
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divas
English
Noun
divas
- plural of diva
Anagrams
- Davis, Vidas, vasid
French
Noun
divas f
- plural of diva
Latin
Adjective
d?v?s
- accusative feminine plural of d?vus
Latvian
Numeral
divas
- nominative plural feminine form of divi
- accusative plural feminine form of divi
Portuguese
Adjective
divas
- feminine plural of divo
Noun
divas f pl
- plural of diva
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dibas/, [?d?i.??as]
Adjective
divas
- feminine plural of divo
Noun
divas f pl
- plural of diva
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