Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [diˈvan]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun edit

дива́н (divánm

  1. (furniture) sofa, couch, divan

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Dungan edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ti²⁴ væ̃²⁴/

Noun edit

диван (divan) (I-I)

  1. divan

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

диван (divanm (plural дивани)

  1. divan (furniture)
  2. (historical) divan (council)

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References edit

  • Koneski, Kiril (1999) “диван”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 77
  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “диван”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 47

Russian edit

 
Красный диван

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân); ultimately from a combination of Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, clay tablet)) + Old Persian *vahana- (house), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (to dwell), whence English was and vestal.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

дива́н (divánm inan (genitive дива́на, nominative plural дива́ны, genitive plural дива́нов, relational adjective дива́нный, diminutive дива́нчик)

  1. (furniture) sofa, couch, divan
    • 1836, Николай Гоголь, “II”, in Нос; English translation from Claud Field, transl., The Nose, 1916:
      Взошедши в переднюю, увидел он на кожаном запачканном диване лакея своего Ивана, который, лёжа на спине, плевал в потолок и попадал довольно удачно в одно и то же место.
      Vzošedši v perednjuju, uvidel on na kožanom zapačkannom divane lakeja svojevo Ivana, kotoryj, ljóža na spine, pleval v potolok i popadal dovolʹno udačno v odno i to že mesto.
      In the vestibule he saw his valet Ivan stretched on the leather couch and amusing himself by spitting at the ceiling, which he did very cleverly, hitting every time the same spot.
  2. (historical) divan, diwan (the council of state in a Muslim country)
  3. (poetry) divan, diwan (a collection of poems)

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: դիվան (divan)
  • Kildin Sami: диванн (divann)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divьnъ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dîːʋan/
  • Hyphenation: ди‧ван

Adjective edit

ди̑ван (definite ди̑внӣ, comparative дивнији, Latin spelling dȋvan)

  1. wonderful
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /dǐʋaːn/
  • Hyphenation: ди‧ван

Noun edit

дѝва̄н m (Latin spelling dìvān)

  1. divan (furniture)
  2. divan (council)
  3. divan (collection of poems)
  4. (historical) court, tribunal (in Ottoman period)
  5. (regional) conversation, word
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Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian دیوان (divân).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

дива́н (dyvánm inan (genitive дива́на, nominative plural дива́ни, genitive plural дива́нів)

  1. (furniture) sofa, couch, divan
  2. (historical) divan, diwan (the council of state in a Muslim country)

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