दीवान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دیوان (divân), from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪iː.ʋɑːn/, [d̪iː.ʋä̃ːn]

Noun

दीवान • (dīvān) m (Urdu spelling دیوان)

1. royal court, tribunal
2. minister of state, divan
3. divan (collection of poems)

Derived terms

• दीवानख़ाना (dīvānxānā)
• दीवानगिरी (dīvāngirī)
• दीवानगी (dīvāngī)

 

Descendants

• → English: dewan
• → Telugu: దివాను (divānu), దివాన్ (divān‌)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दीवान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 500