dywan
See also: Dywan
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan), from Persian دیوان (divân).
Noun edit
dywan m inan (diminutive dywanik)
- carpet, rug (fabric used as a floor covering)
- Hyponym: kobierzec
- latający dywan ― flying carpet/magic carpet
- (figuratively) carpet (thick layer of some object or substance, flatly covering an extensive area)
- Synonym: kobierzec
- dywan kwiatów ― carpet of flowers
- (government, historical, Islam) divan (Muslim council of state)
- (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 edit
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Related terms edit
adjective
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān), from Persian دیوان (divân).
Noun edit
dywan m inan
- (poetry) divan, diwan (collection of poems by one author, usually excluding his or her long poems (mathnawī))
Declension edit
Declension of dywan