ديوان

See also: دیوان

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian دیوان (dêvân), ultimately from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).

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. divan

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, 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^[1] (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^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 74
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ديوان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 939

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Malay

Noun

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

1. Jawi spelling of dewan