divan
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
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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 either on 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.
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sofa
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council
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collection of poems
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Azerbaijani edit
| Cyrillic | диван | |
|---|---|---|
| Abjad | دیوان | |
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Persian دیوان (divân).
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Noun edit
divan (definite accusative divanı, plural divanlar)
- divan (council)
Declension edit
| Declension of divan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| nominative | divan |
divanlar | ||||||
| definite accusative | divanı |
divanları | ||||||
| dative | divana |
divanlara | ||||||
| locative | divanda |
divanlarda | ||||||
| ablative | divandan |
divanlardan | ||||||
| definite genitive | divanın |
divanların | ||||||
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân).
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Noun edit
divan m (plural divans)
- (historical) divan (council, court)
- divan (low sofa)
Further reading edit
- “divan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan), from Persian دیوان (divân).
Noun edit
divan
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Declension of divan
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | divan | divanlar |
| genitive | divannıñ | divanlarnıñ |
| dative | divanğa | divanlarğa |
| accusative | divannı | divanlarnı |
| locative | divanda | divanlarda |
| ablative | divandan | divanlardan |
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Czech edit
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Noun edit
divan m inan
- (furniture): divan
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Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French divan, from Ottoman Turkish دیوان, from Persian دیوان.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
divan m (plural divans)
- A divan (piece of furniture).
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).
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Noun edit
divan m (plural divans)
- any type of undistinguished couch
- a divan in either of the original Turkish senses
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “divan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
Preposition edit
divan
Etymology 2 edit
Preposition edit
divan
- the wind
References edit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).
Noun edit
divan n (plural divane)
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Declension of divan
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divьnъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dȋvan (definite dȋvnī, comparative divniji, Cyrillic spelling ди̑ван)
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positive indefinite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
positive definite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
comparative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
superlative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dìvān m (Cyrillic spelling дѝва̄н)
- divan (furniture)
- divan (council)
- divan (collection of poems)
- (historical) court, tribunal (in Ottoman period)
- (regional) conversation, word
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Declension of divan
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Swedish edit
Noun edit
divan c
- a divan (piece of furniture)
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| Declension of divan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | divan | divanen | divaner | divanerna |
| Genitive | divans | divanens | divaners | divanernas |
Noun edit
divan
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان, from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
divan (definite accusative divanı, plural divanlar)
- divan (all senses)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- divanı harp (“court martial”)