диван

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Macedonian

Etymology

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

Noun

диван (divanm (plural дивани)

  1. divan (furniture)
  2. (historical) divan (council)

Russian

Красный диван

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân); ultimately from a combination of Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, clay tablet)) + Old Persian *vahana- (house), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (to dwell), whence English was and vestal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲɪˈvan]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

дива́н (divánm inan (genitive дива́на, nominative plural дива́ны, genitive plural дива́нов)

  1. (furniture) sofa, couch, divan
  2. (historical) divan, diwan (the council of state in a Muslim country)
  3. (poetry) divan, diwan (a collection of poems)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: դիվան (divan)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *divьnъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dîːʋan/
  • Hyphenation: ди‧ван

Adjective

ди̑ван (Latin spelling dȋvan, definite ди̑внӣ, comparative дивнији)

  1. wonderful
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǐʋaːn/
  • Hyphenation: ди‧ван

Noun

дѝва̄н m (Latin spelling dìvān)

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