ديوان

See also: دیوان‎

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian دیوان‎ (dêvân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diː.waːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

دِيوَان • (dīwān) m (plural دَوَاوِين‎ (dawāwīn))

1. register (registration book)
2. collection of poetry

   ‏دِيوَانُ جَمِيل بُثَيْنَة‎

   dīwānu jamīl buṯayna

   poetry collection of Jamil Buthayna

3. account, reckoning
4. place of account or reckoning
5. council, court, tribunal
6. gathering place, especially for men
7. divan (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Declension of noun دِيوَان (dīwān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِيوَان dīwān	الدِّيوَان‎ ad-dīwān	دِيوَان dīwān
Nominative	دِيوَانٌ dīwānun	الدِّيوَانُ‎ ad-dīwānu	دِيوَانُ dīwānu
Accusative	دِيوَانًا‎ dīwānan	الدِّيوَانَ‎ ad-dīwāna	دِيوَانَ dīwāna
Genitive	دِيوَانٍ dīwānin	الدِّيوَانِ‎ ad-dīwāni	دِيوَانِ dīwāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِيوَانَيْن‎ dīwānayn	الدِّيوَانَيْن‎ ad-dīwānayn	دِيوَانَيْ‎ dīwānay
Nominative	دِيوَانَانِ‎ dīwānāni	الدِّيوَانَانِ‎ ad-dīwānāni	دِيوَانَا‎ dīwānā
Accusative	دِيوَانَيْنِ‎ dīwānayni	الدِّيوَانَيْنِ‎ ad-dīwānayni	دِيوَانَيْ‎ dīwānay
Genitive	دِيوَانَيْنِ‎ dīwānayni	الدِّيوَانَيْنِ‎ ad-dīwānayni	دِيوَانَيْ‎ dīwānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَاوِين‎ dawāwīn	الدَّوَاوِين‎ ad-dawāwīn	دَوَاوِين‎ dawāwīn
Nominative	دَوَاوِينُ‎ dawāwīnu	الدَّوَاوِينُ‎ ad-dawāwīnu	دَوَاوِينُ‎ dawāwīnu
Accusative	دَوَاوِينَ‎ dawāwīna	الدَّوَاوِينَ‎ ad-dawāwīna	دَوَاوِينَ‎ dawāwīna
Genitive	دَوَاوِينَ‎ dawāwīna	الدَّوَاوِينِ‎ ad-dawāwīni	دَوَاوِينِ‎ dawāwīni

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: ديوان‎ (dīwān), *دوان‎ (*duwān)
  • → Catalan: duana
  • → Portuguese: aduana
  • → Spanish: aduana
    • → Basque: aduana
    • → Hiligaynon: aduana
    • → Tagalog: adwana
    • → Waray-Waray: adwana
  • → Medieval Latin: doana, dogana, dovana
    • → Albanian: doganë
    • → Italian: dogana
    • → Old French: dohanne
      • Middle French: doana
        • French: douane
          • → Algerian Arabic: الدِّيوَانَة‎ (ad_dīwāna)
          • → Dutch: douane
            • Afrikaans: doeane
            • → Indonesian: duane
            • → Papiamentu: doeana
          • → English: douane
      • Norman: douanne

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “ديوان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 478–479
• Freytag, Georg (1833), “ديوان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 74
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ديوان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 939

Malay

Noun

ديوان (plural ديوان-ديوان or ديوان۲‎, informal 1st possessive ديوانکو‎, 2nd possessive ديوانمو‎, 3rd possessive ديوانڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of dewan