Ottoman Turkish

Noun

دیوان • ‎(dîvân)

1. divan (collection of poems)
2. divan (council of state)
3. court, tribunal

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' ‎(dēwān, “archive, collected writings”); see it for more.

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [diːˈvɒn]

Noun

دیوان • ‎(divân) ‎(plural دیوان‌ها ‎(divân-hâ))

1. divan (collection of poems)
2. divan (council)
3. bureau
4. court, tribunal
5. a muster roll, a register of soldiers

Derived terms

• دیوان‌خانه ‎(divân-xâne)
• دیوان کشور ‎(divân-e-kešvar)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934–1936), “دیوان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Beroukhim
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “dēwān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 26