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