диван

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

дива́н • (diván) m

  1. (furniture) sofa, couch, divan

Declension

Dungan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti²⁴ væ̃²⁴/

Noun

диван • (divan) (I-I)

  1. divan

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdivan]

Noun

диван • (divan) m (plural дивани)

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

Declension

References

  • 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] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 47

Russian

Красный диван

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [dʲɪˈvan]
  • (file)

Noun

дива́н • (diván) m 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)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *divьnъ.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. wonderful
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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
Declension
Derived terms

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [deˈʋan]
  • (file)

Noun

дива́н • (dyván) m 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)

Declension

References

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