dywan

See also: Dywan

Polish

dywany

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɘ.van/

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• Rhymes: -ɘvan
• Syllabification: dy‧wan
• Homophone: Dywan

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān)

Classical Persian دِیوَان (dīwān)bor.

Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan)bor.

Polish dywan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan).

Noun

dywan m inan (diminutive dywanik, related adjective dywanowy)

1. carpet, rug (fabric used as a floor covering)

   Hyponym: kobierzec

   latający dywan ― flying carpet/magic carpet

2. (figurative) carpet (thick layer of some object or substance, flatly covering an extensive area)

   Synonym: kobierzec

   dywan kwiatów ― carpet of flowers

3. (government, historical, Islam) divan (Muslim council of state)
4. (government, historical, Islam) divan (council viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan))

Derived terms

nouns

• dywan perski
• dywaniarka
• dywaniarz
• latający dywan

Related terms

adjectives

• dywaniarski

Descendants

• → Belarusian: дыва́н (dyván)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān)

Classical Persian دیوَان (dēwān)bor.

Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān)bor.

Polish dywan

Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān).

Noun

dywan m inan

1. (poetry) divan, diwan (collection of poems by one author, usually excluding their long poems (mathnawī))

Declension

Declension of dywan

	singular	plural
nominative	dywan	dywany
genitive	dywanu	dywanów
dative	dywanowi	dywanom
accusative	dywan	dywany
instrumental	dywanem	dywanami
locative	dywanie	dywanach
vocative	dywanie	dywany

Further reading

• “dywan”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “dywan”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• dywan in PWN's encyclopedia