divan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French, from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan),[1] from Iranian Persian دیوان (divân), from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān), from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub). Compare mattress, from Arabic (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans). Doublet of dewan, douane, and diwaniya.
Pronunciation
Noun
divan (plural divans)
- (now historical) A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).
- The council chamber where this court is held; (by extension), any court of justice.
- (now rare) Any council or assembly.
- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- Startled at such an unaccountable event, they sat in close divan; and concluding that the case was in all respects unnatural and prodigious, desired that a messenger might be immediately dispatched for some male practitioner in the art of midwifery.
- 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VII, letter 118:
- As I passed, I called at the mad-house; where I found Mac Fane and the scowling keeper in high divan.
- A couch- or sofa-like piece of furniture made of a mattress lying against the wall and on either the floor or an elevated structure.
- 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business[1]:
- Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor.
- (dated) An establishment that serves cigars and coffee, and may offer other amenities such as books, newspapers, and chess.
- 1838, Παιδἀγωγος, “Cigar divan”, in More Hints on Etiquette, 3rd edition, London: Charles Tilt, →OCLC, page 39:
- These are delightful places, and must be preferred to the cigar shops, if you can afford the extra for coffee, &c. Never sit in a divan, for as these establishments are in imitation of foreign customs, so you should imitate the manners of foreigners, and be as unlike an Englishman as you can; you should therefore lie at full-length on the couches, or "loll" about in some graceful attitude. Should your time be entirely your own, you may remain in the divan the whole day, provided you play at chess; and should you be passionately fond of smoking, you can have smoke at breakfast—smoke at luncheon—smoke at dinner—smoke at tea—smoke at supper
- 1844, E. H. Malcolm, “London coffee-houses and their customers”, in Tegg's Magazine of Knowledge and Amusement, volume 1, →OCLC, page 67:
- The cigar divans of the metropolis are essentially coffee-rooms, but they are of a distingué character, are more expensive in their charges, and more studied, elegant, and luxurious in their appointments and conveniences. […] They are elegantly furnished and appointed, with sofas, or cushioned chairs, numerous handsome tables, and chess and draft-boards. The whole of the London newspapers, and many of the provincial ones, are taken in; as are all the magazines and other periodicals; together with sundry of the French, Italian, and colonial journals. The freedom of the room is obtained by the liquidation of less than a shilling, which includes coffee of the best description, and cigars.
- 1855 January 5, Anthony Trollope, “A Long Day in London”, in The Warden, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, pages 266–267:
- [H]e asked her if there were any place near where he could get a cup of coffee. Though she did keep a shell-fish supper-house, she was very civil, and directed him to the cigar divan on the other side of the street. Mr. Harding had not a much correcter notion of a cigar divan than he had of a London dinner-house, but he was desperately in want of rest, and went as he was directed.
- A collection of poems, especially one written by an author in Arabic or Persian.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Azerbaijani
Cyrillic | диван | |
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Abjad | دیوان |
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian دیوان (divân).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
divan (definite accusative divanı, plural divanlar)
- divan (council)
Declension
Declension of divan | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | divan |
divanlar | ||||||
definite accusative | divanı |
divanları | ||||||
dative | divana |
divanlara | ||||||
locative | divanda |
divanlarda | ||||||
ablative | divandan |
divanlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | divanın |
divanların |
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân).
Pronunciation
Noun
divan m (plural divans)
- (historical) divan (council, court)
- divan (low sofa)
Further reading
- “divan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Probably from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan), from Persian دیوان (divân).
Noun
divan
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | divan | divanlar |
genitive | divannıñ | divanlarnıñ |
dative | divanğa | divanlarğa |
accusative | divannı | divanlarnı |
locative | divanda | divanlarda |
ablative | divandan | divanlardan |
References
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
divan m inan
- (furniture): divan
Declension
See also
Further reading
- “divan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “divan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “divan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French divan, from Ottoman Turkish دیوان, from Persian دیوان.
Pronunciation
Noun
divan m (plural divans)
- A divan (piece of furniture).
Derived terms
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).
Pronunciation
Noun
divan m (plural divans)
- any type of undistinguished couch
- a divan in either of the original Turkish senses
Synonyms
Descendants
Further reading
- “divan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Preposition
divan
Etymology 2
Preposition
divan
- the wind
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).
Noun
divan n (plural divane)
Declension
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divьnъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dȋvan (Cyrillic spelling ди̑ван, definite dȋvnī, comparative divniji)
Declension
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | divan | divna | divno | |
genitive | divna | divne | divna | |
dative | divnu | divnoj | divnu | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
divan divna |
divnu | divno |
vocative | divan | divna | divno | |
locative | divnu | divnoj | divnu | |
instrumental | divnim | divnom | divnim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | divni | divne | divna | |
genitive | divnih | divnih | divnih | |
dative | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | |
accusative | divne | divne | divna | |
vocative | divni | divne | divna | |
locative | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | |
instrumental | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | divnim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | divni | divna | divno | |
genitive | divnog(a) | divne | divnog(a) | |
dative | divnom(u/e) | divnoj | divnom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
divni divnog(a) |
divnu | divno |
vocative | divni | divna | divno | |
locative | divnom(e/u) | divnoj | divnom(e/u) | |
instrumental | divnim | divnom | divnim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | divni | divne | divna | |
genitive | divnih | divnih | divnih | |
dative | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | |
accusative | divne | divne | divna | |
vocative | divni | divne | divna | |
locative | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | |
instrumental | divnim(a) | divnim(a) | divnim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | divniji | divnija | divnije | |
genitive | divnijeg(a) | divnije | divnijeg(a) | |
dative | divnijem(u) | divnijoj | divnijem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
divniji divnijeg(a) |
divniju | divnije |
vocative | divniji | divnija | divnije | |
locative | divnijem(u) | divnijoj | divnijem(u) | |
instrumental | divnijim | divnijom | divnijim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | divniji | divnije | divnija | |
genitive | divnijih | divnijih | divnijih | |
dative | divnijim(a) | divnijim(a) | divnijim(a) | |
accusative | divnije | divnije | divnija | |
vocative | divniji | divnije | divnija | |
locative | divnijim(a) | divnijim(a) | divnijim(a) | |
instrumental | divnijim(a) | divnijim(a) | divnijim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | najdivniji | najdivnija | najdivnije | |
genitive | najdivnijeg(a) | najdivnije | najdivnijeg(a) | |
dative | najdivnijem(u) | najdivnijoj | najdivnijem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
najdivniji najdivnijeg(a) |
najdivniju | najdivnije |
vocative | najdivniji | najdivnija | najdivnije | |
locative | najdivnijem(u) | najdivnijoj | najdivnijem(u) | |
instrumental | najdivnijim | najdivnijom | najdivnijim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | najdivniji | najdivnije | najdivnija | |
genitive | najdivnijih | najdivnijih | najdivnijih | |
dative | najdivnijim(a) | najdivnijim(a) | najdivnijim(a) | |
accusative | najdivnije | najdivnije | najdivnija | |
vocative | najdivniji | najdivnije | najdivnija | |
locative | najdivnijim(a) | najdivnijim(a) | najdivnijim(a) | |
instrumental | najdivnijim(a) | najdivnijim(a) | najdivnijim(a) |
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).
Pronunciation
Noun
dìvān m (Cyrillic spelling дѝва̄н)
- divan (furniture)
- divan (council)
- divan (collection of poems)
- (historical) court, tribunal (in Ottoman period)
- (regional) conversation, word
Declension
Derived terms
Swedish
Noun
divan c
- a divan (piece of furniture)
Declension
Declension of divan | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | divan | divanen | divaner | divanerna |
Genitive | divans | divanens | divaners | divanernas |
Noun
divan
References
- divan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- divan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- divan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان, from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”).
Pronunciation
Noun
divan (definite accusative divanı, plural divanlar)
- divan (all senses)
Declension
Derived terms
- divanı harp (“court martial”)
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms borrowed from Iranian Persian
- English terms derived from Iranian Persian
- English terms derived from Classical Persian
- English terms derived from Middle Persian
- English terms derived from Sumerian
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/æn
- Rhymes:English/æn/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- English terms with rare senses
- English terms with quotations
- English dated terms
- en:Furniture
- en:Textiles
- Azerbaijani terms borrowed from Persian
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Persian
- Azerbaijani terms with audio links
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
- Catalan terms derived from Persian
- Catalan terms derived from Middle Persian
- Catalan terms derived from Sumerian
- Catalan terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Catalan terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan terms with historical senses
- ca:Furniture
- Crimean Tatar terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Persian
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- crh:Furniture
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- cs:Furniture
- cs:Textiles
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Dutch terms derived from Persian
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- French terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- French terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- French terms derived from Persian
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Furniture
- fr:Textiles
- Mauritian Creole terms derived from French
- Mauritian Creole lemmas
- Mauritian Creole prepositions
- Mauritian Creole nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Romanian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Romanian terms derived from Persian
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:Furniture
- ro:Textiles
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian adjectives
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Persian
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms with historical senses
- Regional Serbo-Croatian
- sh:Furniture
- sh:Textiles
- Serbo-Croatian adjectives with a fleeting a
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish noun forms
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Persian
- Turkish terms derived from Middle Persian
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish terms with audio links
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns