diivan
Estonian
Etymology
From French divan, from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (divan), from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān), Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̥iːvɑn/, [ˈd̥ʲiːvɑn]
- Rhymes: -iːvɑn
- Hyphenation: dii‧van
Noun
diivan (genitive diivani, partitive diivanit)
- divan, sofa, couch (upholstered furniture with open cushions or a back (soft) for sitting and lying down)
- (historical) divan, diwan (in some Islamic countries, a government agency for administrative and court cases)
- (poetry) divan, diwan (collection of lyrical poems in the literature of Arab, Persian and other Eastern nations)
Another word largerly used instead of diivan is sohva.
Declension
| Declension of diivan (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | diivan | diivanid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | diivani | ||
| genitive | diivanite | ||
| partitive | diivanit | diivaneid | |
| illative | diivanisse | diivanitesse diivaneisse | |
| inessive | diivanis | diivanites diivaneis | |
| elative | diivanist | diivanitest diivaneist | |
| allative | diivanile | diivanitele diivaneile | |
| adessive | diivanil | diivanitel diivaneil | |
| ablative | diivanilt | diivanitelt diivaneilt | |
| translative | diivaniks | diivaniteks diivaneiks | |
| terminative | diivanini | diivaniteni | |
| essive | diivanina | diivanitena | |
| abessive | diivanita | diivaniteta | |
| comitative | diivaniga | diivanitega | |
References
Finnish
Noun
diivan
- genitive singular of diiva