दीवान
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوان (dīwān, dēwān), from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”). Doublet of लिपि (lipi).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
दीवान • (dīvān) m (Urdu spelling دیوان)
Declension edit
Declension of दीवान (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- दीवानख़ाना (dīvānxānā)
- दीवानगिरी (dīvāngirī)
- दीवानगी (dīvāngī)
Descendants edit
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दीवान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 500