diivan

Estonian

Etymology

From Russian дива́н (diván).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥iːvɑn/, [ˈd̥ʲiːvɑn]
• Rhymes: -iːvɑn
• Hyphenation: dii‧van

Noun

diivan (genitive diivani, partitive diivanit)

1. divan, sofa, couch (upholstered furniture with open cushions or a back (soft) for sitting and lying down)
2. (historical) divan, diwan (in some Islamic countries, a government agency for administrative and court cases)
3. (poetry) divan, diwan (collection of lyrical poems in the literature of Arab, Persian and other Eastern nations)

Declension

Declension of diivan (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		diivan	diivanid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	diivani
genitive			diivanite
partitive		diivanit	diivaneid
illative		diivanisse	diivanitesse diivaneisse
inessive		diivanis	diivanites diivaneis
elative		diivanist	diivanitest diivaneist
allative		diivanile	diivanitele diivaneile
adessive		diivanil	diivanitel diivaneil
ablative		diivanilt	diivanitelt diivaneilt
translative		diivaniks	diivaniteks diivaneiks
terminative		diivanini	diivaniteni
essive		diivanina	diivanitena
abessive		diivanita	diivaniteta
comitative		diivaniga	diivanitega

References

• diivan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Noun

diivan

1. genitive singular of diiva

Anagrams

• viidan