divan

English

WOTD – 30 December 2008    

Wikipedia

Etymology

French, from Turkish divan, from Persian دیوان (divân).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈvæn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈdaɪ.væn/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

divan (plural divans)

1. 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 (see Wikipedia's Divan_(furniture)).
   • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, Friday's Business^[1]:

     Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor.

2. (historical) A Muslim council of state, such as that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan) (see Wikipedia's Divan).
3. A collection of poems, especially one written by one author in Arabic or Persian (see Wikipedia's Diwan_(poetry)).

Translations

sofa

• Czech: divan (cs) m
• Estonian: diivan (et)
• Finnish: divaani (fi)
• French: divan (fr) m
• Greek: ντιβάνι (el) (divani) n
• Hungarian: dívány (hu), kerevet (hu)

• Indonesian: dipan (id)
• Italian: divano (it) m
• Portuguese: divã (pt)
• Russian: диван (ru) (diván) m
• Turkish: divan (tr), kanepe (tr)

council

• Armenian: դիվան (hy) (divan)
• Finnish: divaani (fi)
• French: divan (fr) m
• Hungarian: díván (hu)
• Indonesian: dewan (id)

• Italian: Diwan (it) m
• Persian: دیوان (fa) (divân)
• Russian: диван (ru) (diván) m
• Turkish: divan (tr)

collection of poems

• Armenian: դիվան (hy) (divan)
• Finnish: divaani (fi)
• Hungarian: díván (hu)

• Italian: diwan (it) m
• Persian: دیوان (fa) (divân)
• Turkish: divan (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• German: Diwan (de) m (1)

Anagrams

• Navid
• viand

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɪ.van/

Noun

divan m

1. (furniture): divan

See also

• pohovka

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

divan m (plural divans)

1. Any type of undistinguished couch.
2. A divan in either of the original Turkish senses.

Synonyms

• (a couch): canapé (Europe), sofa

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Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân).

Noun

divan n (plural divane)

1. divan

See also

• canapea

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *divьnъ

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dîːʋan/
• Hyphenation: di‧van

Adjective

dȋvan (definite dȋvnī, comparative divniji, Cyrillic spelling ди̑ван)

1. wonderful

Declension

    positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		divan	divna	divno
genitive		divna	divne	divna
dative		divnu	divnoj	divnu
accusative	inanimate animate	divan divna	divnu	divno
vocative		divan	divna	divno
locative		divnu	divnoj	divnu
instrumental		divnim	divnom	divnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		divni	divne	divna
genitive		divnih	divnih	divnih
dative		divnim(a)	divnim(a)	divnim(a)
accusative		divne	divne	divna
vocative		divni	divne	divna
locative		divnim(a)	divnim(a)	divnim(a)
instrumental		divnim(a)	divnim(a)	divnim(a)

    positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		divni	divna	divno
genitive		divnog(a)	divne	divnog(a)
dative		divnom(u/e)	divnoj	divnom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	divni divnog(a)	divnu	divno
vocative		divni	divna	divno
locative		divnom(e/u)	divnoj	divnom(e/u)
instrumental		divnim	divnom	divnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		divni	divne	divna
genitive		divnih	divnih	divnih
dative		divnim(a)	divnim(a)	divnim(a)
accusative		divne	divne	divna
vocative		divni	divne	divna
locative		divnim(a)	divnim(a)	divnim(a)
instrumental		divnim(a)	divnim(a)	divnim(a)

    comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		divniji	divnija	divnije
genitive		divnijeg(a)	divnije	divnijeg(a)
dative		divnijem(u)	divnijoj	divnijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	divniji divnijeg(a)	divniju	divnije
vocative		divniji	divnija	divnije
locative		divnijem(u)	divnijoj	divnijem(u)
instrumental		divnijim	divnijom	divnijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		divniji	divnije	divnija
genitive		divnijih	divnijih	divnijih
dative		divnijim(a)	divnijim(a)	divnijim(a)
accusative		divnije	divnije	divnija
vocative		divniji	divnije	divnija
locative		divnijim(a)	divnijim(a)	divnijim(a)
instrumental		divnijim(a)	divnijim(a)	divnijim(a)

    superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najdivniji	najdivnija	najdivnije
genitive		najdivnijeg(a)	najdivnije	najdivnijeg(a)
dative		najdivnijem(u)	najdivnijoj	najdivnijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najdivniji najdivnijeg(a)	najdivniju	najdivnije
vocative		najdivniji	najdivnija	najdivnije
locative		najdivnijem(u)	najdivnijoj	najdivnijem(u)
instrumental		najdivnijim	najdivnijom	najdivnijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najdivniji	najdivnije	najdivnija
genitive		najdivnijih	najdivnijih	najdivnijih
dative		najdivnijim(a)	najdivnijim(a)	najdivnijim(a)
accusative		najdivnije	najdivnije	najdivnija
vocative		najdivniji	najdivnije	najdivnija
locative		najdivnijim(a)	najdivnijim(a)	najdivnijim(a)
instrumental		najdivnijim(a)	najdivnijim(a)	najdivnijim(a)

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dǐʋaːn/
• Hyphenation: di‧van

Noun

dìvān m (Cyrillic spelling дѝва̄н)

1. divan (furniture)
2. divan (council)
3. divan (collection of poems)
4. (historical) court, tribunal (in Ottoman period)
5. (regional) conversation, word

Declension

    declension of divan

	singular	plural
nominative	divan	divani
genitive	divana	divana
dative	divanu	divanima
accusative	divan	divane
vocative	divane	divani
locative	divanu	divanima
instrumental	divanom	divanima

Derived terms

• divániti