դիւան

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”). Compare Persian دیوان (divân).

Noun

դիւան • (diwan)

  1. council chamber, court of justice or any large hall to conduct business, a divan
  2. school
  3. chancery; archives; library; control, register; court of records
  4. a kind of a tax

Declension
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative դիւան (diwan) դիւանք (diwankʻ)
genitive դիւանի (diwani) դիւանաց (diwanacʻ)
dative դիւանի (diwani) դիւանաց (diwanacʻ)
accusative դիւան (diwan) դիւանս (diwans)
ablative դիւանէ (diwanē) դիւանաց (diwanacʻ)
instrumental դիւանաւ (diwanaw) դիւանաւք = դիւանօք (diwanawkʻ = diwanōkʻ)
locative դիւանի (diwani) դիւանս (diwans)

Derived terms
  • դիւանագիր (diwanagir)
  • դիւանադպիր (diwanadpir)
  • դիւանապահ (diwanapah)
  • դիւանապան (diwanapan)
  • դիւանապետ (diwanapet)
  • դիւանատուն (diwanatun)

Descendants
  • Armenian: դիվան (divan)

References
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիւան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դիւան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դիւան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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