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Definition: Divan |
DivanNoun1. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall). 2. A Muslim council of state. 3. A collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author). 4. A Muslim council chamber or law court. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "divan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonym: DivanSynonym: diwan (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Council | Senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim; classis; Amphictyonic council; duma, house of representatives; legislative assembly, legislative council; riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate; court of appeal; (tribunal); board of control, board of works; vestry; county council, local board. |
Scepter | Throne, chair, musnud, divan, dais, woolsack. |
Support | Seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo, faldstool, horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki, lamba kursi; saddle, pannel, pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel. |
Tribunal | Court martial; drumhead court martial; durbar, divan; Areopagus; Irota. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Divan |
| English words defined with "divan": Woolsack. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "divan": Covering the Face. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Divan" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (couch, divan, settee, sofa), Czech (couch, divan, sofa), Dutch (couch, divan, sofa), French (couch, divan), German (couch, divan), Romanian (couch, divan, sofa), Serbo-Croatian (admirable, adorable, davenport, delightful, delightsome, divan, divan bed, divine, dreamy, gorgeous, great, groovy, high-toned, jolly, lovely, magnificent, neat, nifty, scrumptious, sofa, splendid, stunning, superb, terrific), Swedish (couch, daybed, divan, lounge), Turkish (couch, council, day bed, Dewan, divan, lounge, ottoman, sociable). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Un divan New York (1996) Le Divan (1987) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Old fashioned divan and pillows in home of Jim Hardin. Two Bit Creek, near Deadwood, South Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Divan" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.99% of the time. "Divan" is used about 99 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.99% | 98 | 33,072 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.01% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 99 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "divan" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Divan | Last name | 100 | 85,860 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "divan": divan bed. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "divan": divan-cum-four-seater, divan-type. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "divan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | divan (couch, settee, sofa), dhomë duhani, këshill (council, soviet, synod). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقعد طويل (settee, slip, sofa), متكأ (couch, cushion, ottoman, rest, sofa), مجلس (assembly, board, body, council, senate, synod), قاعة اجتماع, حجرة تدخين, أريكة (armchair, couch, davenport, settee, sofa, squab), ديوان شعر (collection of poems), ديوان (bureau, chamber, office). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стая за пушене, ориенталска стихосбирка, заседателна зала (board room). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | divan (couch, sofa), pohovka (chaise longue, couch, ottoman, settee, sofa), gauè (couch, sofa). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sofa (bench, couch, sofa). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Turkse staatsraad (couch), rustbank (couch), divan (couch, sofa). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | divano (couch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | legubonkur (couch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دوظرفیتی(ش.), دوبنیانی , دارای دوظرفیت . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sohva (couch, settee, sofa), leposohva (couch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | divan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | diwan (davenport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ντιβάνι (couch), διβάνι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "יואן, "ר'ש (ottoman, settee, sofa), ספ" מזרחית. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | dívány (Chesterfield, couch, ottoman, persian bed, sofa), kerevet (ottoman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dipan (couch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | divano (coach, couch, settee, sofa). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jivane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | sofa (couch, sofa), sjeselong (couch, sofa). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivanday divã (bed, chesterfield, couch, day-bed). (various references) divan (couch, sofa), consiliu de stat, canapea (bedstead, Chesterfield, couch, davenport, seat, settee, sofa). (various references) сборник восточных стихов, курительная комната, диван (couch, daybed, love seat, ottoman, settee, sofa). (various references) divan (admirable, adorable, davenport, delightful, delightsome, divan bed, divine, dreamy, gorgeous, great, groovy, high-toned, jolly, lovely, magnificent, neat, nifty, scrumptious, sofa, splendid, stunning, superb, terrific), tursko državno veće. (various references) dyschatell (couch), diván (couch). (various references) kochi (coach, couch, sofa). (various references) divan (couch, daybed, lounge), rökrum (smokeroom, smoking room). (various references) divan (couch, council, day bed, Dewan, lounge, ottoman, sociable), tütün ve kahve içilen oda, sedir (cedar, couch, davenport, day bed, ottoman, sofa), meclis (assemblage, assembly, board, congress, convocation, council, diet, gathering, house, majlis, parliament, parliamentarian, parliamentary), şairin tüm şiirleri. (various references) тютюновий магазин, тахта (ottoman). (various references) phòng họp nội các của ho ng đế Thổ-nhĩ-kỳ, đi văng (day-bed, lounge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Persian | 800-Modern | devan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "divan": divans. (additional references) | |
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"Divan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adiuva, daidan, Daihan, daiva, Dajan, Dalvand, dava, davan, Davao, davar, deaven, Devan, Deven, devenu, devin, Dhiban, Dhiyab, Diann, diban, difa, dija, dinant, diovan, dipan, Diran, ditan, dival, divam, divane, divano, divat, divia, diviana, Diviani, divin, divox, divvent, Diwan, dixa, Diyab, djian, Douvan, dovan, Dovana, doven, Dovgan, drinan, ducan, dunav, duva, duvan, Duvaz, dva, dvian, dvin, Dvina, Dyban, Dynan, Edyvean, kirvan, tuvan, Vivan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "divan" (pronounced diva"n) |
| 3 | -v a" n | minivan, Van. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: viand. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-n-v" | |
-1 letter: avid, diva, vain, vina. | |
-2 letters: aid, ain, and, ani, din, van, via. | |
-3 letters: ad, ai, an, id, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-n-v" | |
+1 letter: avidin, divans, invade, navaid, viands. | |
+2 letters: anviled, avidins, deaving, deviant, evading, invaded, invader, invades, invalid, naevoid, navaids, ravined, vanadic. | |
+3 letters: advising, anvilled, avidness, avoiding, davening, deviance, deviancy, deviants, diluvian, divalent, donative, invaders, invading, invalids, inweaved, nonvalid, reinvade, spavined, unvaried, vanadium, vandalic, vanished, vanitied, vindaloo, vineyard, viridian, voidance. | |
+4 letters: advancing, advecting, advection, adventive, adverting, avianized, avoidance, deleaving, depraving, devaluing, deviances, deviating, deviation, dissaving, donatives, envisaged, evanished, flavonoid, gavelkind, innovated, invalided, invalidly, invocated, javelined, navigated, negatived, pervading, reinvaded, reinvades, unadvised, unrivaled, vanadiums, vandalise, vandalism, vandalize, vapidness, varnished, videoland, vindaloos, vindicate, vinegared, vineyards, viridians, voidances. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 76 61 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ...- .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110110 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i v a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0076 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875886780 |
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