দিওয়ান
Bengali
Alternative forms
- দেওয়ান (deōẇan)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān), which is from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”), from the earlier *diβi-vān, from the adjective *dipi-vān- (“relating to documents”), from Old Persian *dipi-vahanam (“document house”), composed from 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡 (di-i-p-i /dipi-/, “inscription; document”) (from Elamite, from Akkadian 𒁾𒁍𒌝 (ṭuppum, “tablet, document, letter”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “clay tablet”), and *vahana- (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”). Doublet of দেওয়ান (deōẇan).
Noun
দিওয়ান • (diōẇan) (objective দিওয়ান (diōẇan) or দিওয়ানকে (diōẇanoke), genitive দিওয়ানের (diōẇaner), locative দিওয়ানে (diōẇane))
- A collection of poems, especially one written by one author in Arabic or Persian.
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “দিওয়ান” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “দিওয়ান” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
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