Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• dpywʾn'
• dywʾn (Manichaean)

Noun

dywʾn' • ‎(dīwān, dēwān?)

1. archive
2. collected writings

Descendants

• Persian: دیوان ‎(divân, dêvân)
  • Tajik: девон ‎(devon)
  • → Georgian: დივანი ‎(divani), მდივანი ‎(mdivani)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: दीवान ‎(dīvān)

    Urdu: دیوان ‎(dīvān)

    • → English: dewan
    • → Telugu: దివాను ‎(divānu)
  • → Malay: dewan
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دیوان ‎(dîvân)
    • Turkish: divan
    • → French: divan
      • → English: divan
      • → German: Diwan
      • → Portuguese: divã
      • → Russian: диван ‎(divan)
    • → Greek: διβάνι ‎(diváni), ντιβάνι ‎(diváni)
    • → Hungarian: díván
    • → Italian: divano, diwan
    • → Middle Armenian: տիւան ‎(tiwan)
    • → Polish: dywan
    • → Russian: дива́н ‎(diván)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: dìvān / дѝва̄н
    • → Spanish: diván
• → Arabic: ديوان ‎(dīwān), *دوان ‎(*duwān)
  • Andalusian Arabic: ديوان ‎(dīwān), *دوان ‎(*duwān)
    • → Spanish: aduana
  • → Medieval Latin: doana, dovana
    • → Italian: dogana
    • → French: douane
      • → Dutch: douane
      • → English: douane
• → Old Armenian: դիւան ‎(diwan)
  • Armenian: դիվան ‎(divan)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “dēwān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 26
• de Blois, François (December 15, 1995), “DĪVĀN i. THE TERM”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York